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BIOGRAPHICAL   MEMORANDA 


RESPECTING 


ALL  WHO    E\^ER   WERE    MEMBERS 


OF   THE 


CLASS  OF  1832 


IN 


YALE    COLLEGE 


EDITED   BY   THE  CLASS-SECEETARY 

FOR   PRIVATE    DISTRIBUTION. 


NEW     HAVENi 

ttJTTLE,  MOREHOUSE  AND  TAYLOR,   PRINTERS-. 

1880. 


PREFATORY    NOTE. 

lu  August,  1878,  a  circular  was  issued  l)y  tlie  Secretary,  as  follows  : 

"To  ALL  Yale  Men  uf  the  Ceash  of   1832,  and  their  Friends: 

"The  subscriber  desires  to  collect  statistics  respecting  each  man  who  was  at  any 
tiinc  a  member  of  the  Class  of  1832,  in  Yale  College;  including  parentage,  place  and 
date  of  birth,  and  of  death,  if  deceased;  date  of  marriage,  if  married,  and  to  whom  ; 
with  any  other  family-items,  at  pleasure;  and  all  the  particulars  of  his  life-work 
which  he,  or  any  one  for  him,  may  see  fit  to  communicate. 

"The  object  is  to  collect  materials  for  a  record  which  may  be  printed  for  our  own 
use,  and  for  the  information  of  others  interested. 

"An  early  response  to  this  circidar  is  requested. 

"EDW.    E.    SALISBURY. 
"New  Haven,  Conn.,  August,  1878." 

The  following  memoranda,  now  presented  to  the  members  of  the  Class  of  1832, 
and  to  their  fellow-graduates  and  friends,  are  the  fruit  of  inquiries  thus  set  on  foot 
It  is  the  pleasant  duty  of  the  Secretary,  first  of  all,  to  thank  those  who  have 
kindly  aided  him  to  olitain  the  information  here  given,  or  have  themselves  communi- 
cated the  facts  :  his  acknowledgments  are  esjjecially  due,  among  members  of  the  Class, 
to  Eev.  Seth  C.  Brace,  John  Angus  Manning,  Esq.,  and  N.  Winthrop  Starr,  Esq. ; 
and,  out  of  the  Class,  to  Prof.  Franklin  B.  Dexter  and  Eev.  Prof.  George  E.  Day  of 
Yale  College ;  and  to  Major  CJharles  F.  Ulrich  of  New  York,  Judge  George  W. 
Brown  of  Baltimore  and  Judge  Joshua  Baker  of  New  Orleans,  who  gave  important 
aid  in  respect  to  some  of  the  men  from  the  Soutli.  He  has  had  unusual  success  in 
his  incpiiries,  for  not  one  of  the  hundred  and  nineteen  names,  included  in  his  plan,  is 
left  without  at  least  a  note  of  commemoration.  Many  names,  however,  which  had 
become  unfamiliar  at  Yale,  will  be  foitnd  here  recorded.  These  it  is  a  special  pleasure 
to  reclaim  as  belonging  to  us,  both  on  account  of  the  thinness  of  our  raiilcs  withotit 
them,  and  for  the  honors  which  many  of  them  add  to  tlie  Class.  Not  a  few,  it  is  true, 
of  these,  as  well  as  of  the  names  of  those  who  gradttated  with  us  in  course,  must  be 
starred ;  but  more  than  twenty  others  are  added  to  our  living  fellowship.  Of  these 
survivors  of  the  long-lost  companions  of  our  college-days  sixteen,  we  are  happy  to 
add,  liave  been  lately  made  fellow-graduates  with  us,  by  the  action  of  the  President 
and  Fellows  of  Yale — the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  having  been  conferred 


r^irw^  '"^  oi.r»  o 


PKKFAI'OK'V  NOTK. 


on  cacli  of  tlieni  in  1879 — and  these  sixteen  are,  accordingly,  so  distinguislied  in  the 
following  memoranda.  Two  others  of  onr  lost  ones  had  previously  receired  the  same 
degree  from  our  Alma  Mater ;  and  one  who  did  not  receive  his  Bachelor-degree 
with  us  was  made  Master  of  Arts,  in  course,  in  1835. 

This  action  of  the  Corporation,  so  far  as  the  sixteen  above  referred  to  are  con- 
cerned, is  explained  by  the  folloAving  petition,  presented  in  June,  1879,  which  was 
signed  by  twenty-seven  out  of  twenty-nine  survivors  of  the  Class  graduated  in  1832 : 

"To  the  President  and  Fellows  of  Yale  College: 

"We  the  subscribers,  members  of  the  Class  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1832, 
anticipating  our  fifueth  anniversary,  and  deeply  feeling  our  maimed  condition 
consequent  upon  a  disruption  of  our  Class  in  the  year  1830,  through  an  exercise 
of  college-authority,  do  now  respectfully  petition  your  reverend  and  honorable 
body  to  give  back  to  us,  as  fellow-graduates,  the  survivors  whose  names  are  hereto 
appended  of  those  whom  we  thus  lost,  by  conferring  on  each  of  them  the  honorary 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts.  Many  of  these  men,  we  are  happy  to  know,  are  distin- 
guished in  various  walks  of  life,  while  no  one  of  them,  it  is  believed,  is  unworthy 
of  the  honor  proposed,  not  to  speak  of  others  who  have  passed  beyond  the  reach 
of  human   praise  or  blame. 

"  Further  to  fill  up  our  ranks,  wt  likewise  respectfully  petition  you  to  restore 
to  us,  with  the  same  degree,  a  few  other  men  still  living,  named  below — highly 
respectable  and  respected — whom,  for  various  reasons,  we  lost  during  our  college- 
days. 

"FIRST    LIST. 


■Henry   W.    Archer,   Esq.,    . 
Mr.   Henry   T.   Bulkley, 
Mr.   Edward   Carrington, 
Hon.   William   Frazier, 
Rev.   Dr.   John   F.   Hoff,    . 
William   J.    Hoppin,   Esq., 

Rev.   John   T.   Keep, 
Cortland  L.  Latimer,  Esq.,  . 
Robert  J.   Livingston,   Esq., 
John   Angus   Manning,   Esq.,  . 
Judge  John  S.   Patterson, 
Hon.  George  Schley,  . 
Nathaniel  W.   Starr,   Esq., 
Prof.   Alfred  Stille,   M.D.,* 
Peter  A.   Van   Bergen,   Esq., 
Mr.   William   Craig   Wharton 
Mr.   Charles  A.    Winthrop, 


Harford   Co.,   Md. 

Southport,   Conn. 

Providence,    R.   I. 

Staunton,   Va. 

Towsontown,    Md. 

First  Secretary  of  the  American 

Legation  in  London. 
Oberlin,  Ohio. 
Cleveland,   Ohio. 
New  York. 
New    York. 
New  York. 
Hagerstown,    Md. 
Kingston,   N.   Y. 
Philadelphia,    Pa. 
Flushing,   L.   I. 
Boston,   Mass. 


Cambridge,    Mass. 
Dr.  Stille,  having  received  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of  .'irts  nt  Yale  in  1S50,  was  excepted  from 


this  list. 


PKEFATOKY  NOTE. 

''SECOND    LIST.'" 

"Rev.   Prof.    Samuel   M.    Hopkins,    D.D.,  .  Auburn,    N.    Y. 

Dr.   J.-^mes   a.    McCrea,  .  .  .       Pliiladclpliia,   Pa. 

Mr.    Earl   E.    Miles,  .  .  .  Brooklyn,    L.    I. 

Rev.    Dr.    Charles   H.    Read,  .  .       Richmond,   Va. 

Rev.    Henry   H.   Saunderson,         .  Svvanzcy,   N.    H." 

Two  other  men — namely,  Dr.  J.  Hampden  Lewis  of  New  Orleans,  and  Horace  B. 
Goiild,  Esq.,  of  St.  Simon's  Island,  (-Jeorifia — having  been  traced  since  the  foregoing 
First  List  was  prepared  (where  their  names  should  have  ap])eared),  and  fonnd  to  be 
living,  received  the  same  honorary  Master's  degree  at  the  Commencement  in  1880. 

It  was  not  the  intention  of  tlie  Secretarj'  to  make  an}'  reference,  liere,  to  the 
circumstances  of  that  "disruption"  of  the  Class  which  is  spoken  of  in  the  fore- 
going petition,  especially  as  the  only  records  of  the  case,  known  to  be  in  existence, 
are  two  papers  which  were  printed  at  the  time  —  one  from  the  side  of  the  college- 
authorities,  and  one  from  that  of  the  Class  —  both,  perhaps  unavoidably,  somewhat 
ex  parte  in  their  character;  beside  that  the  graceful  action  of  the  President  and 
Fellows  in  conferring  an  honorai-y  degree  upon  the  survivors  of  those  whom  we 
lost  in  that  unfortunate  affair,  seemed  to  require  silence  of  us.  But  tlie  wi-iter  of 
the  very  learned  and  interesting  Historical  Sketch  in  that  magnificent  book  entitled 
"  Yale  College  " — jjublished  by  Messrs.  Holt  &  Co.,  of  New  York,  last  year — has 
devoted  considerable  space  (vol.  i.  137-8)  to  the  so-called  Conic  Sections  Rebellion,  as 
having  constituted  an  important  crisis  in  the  history  of  college-discipline.  It  may  be 
proper,  therefore,  for  the  Secretary  to  express  the  opinion,  entertained  by  him  in  com- 
mon, as  he  believes,  with  all  his  classmates,  that  college-discipline  was  not  maintained,  in 
that  sad  affair,  without  great  injury  to  a  large  mimber  of  young  men,  most  of  whom 
threw  themselves  into  the  breach,  in  a  generous  spirit,  in  behalf  of  companions  no 
more  guilty  than  themselves,  rather  than  intended  any  absolute  or  persistent  resistance 
to  college-rules.  The  point  raised  between  the  Faculty  and  certain  members  of  the 
Class,  as  to  the  mode  of  reciting  Conic  Sections,  was  given  up  by  all,  before  the  with- 
drawal of  any  of  them  from  the  college,  on  condition,  only,  that  some  nine  of  them, 
who,  having  been  called  upon  to  recite,  had  represented  the  revolting  element  in  the 
Class,  in  an  overt  act,  should  not  be  excepted  from  the  privilege  of  returning  to  duty. 
The  course  pursued  by  the  college-authorities  of  the  time,  it  is  stated  by  those  likely 

*  The  second  part  of  this  petiliou  was  not  granted,  which  we  very  much  regret,  thou'^h  its  rejection  was 
doubtless  due  only  to  tlie  fear  of  enacting  a  troublesome  precedent.  Dr.  Hopkins,  however,  had  received  the 
degree  in  1835.  The  names  of  Dr.  Holhngsworth  and  Dr.  Shelton  would  have  been  added  to  this  list,  had  they 
been  traced  soon  enough.  Dr.  Hollingsworth  writes  that  lie  has  "ever  yearned  for  a  degree  from  Good 
Old  Tale." 


J'KKl'A'l'Oli'Y     NO'l'K. 

to  know,  failed  to  meet  the  approval  of  at  least  two  of  the  most  prominent  members 
of  the  Faculty. 

The  classification  usually  adopted  in  similar  records,  of  graduates  and  non-grad- 
uates, has  been  abandoned,  here,  for  a  more  brotherly  arrangement  of  the  names  in  one 
alphabetical  series ;  though,  of  course,  the  fact  as  to  graduation  is,  in  each  case, 
made  clear  by  the  statement  given. 

The  Secretary'  wishes  it  to  be  also  noticed,  that  he  has  avoided  the  presumption  of 
attempting  by  his  own  judgment  to  extract  the  essence  of  the  lives  of  his  classmates. 
Even  if  it  had  been  possible  for  him  to  form  an  iii(le])endent  opinion  of  each  character 
to  1)6  presented,  justice  \v()uld  not  have  l)een  so  likely  to  be  done.  On  the  contrary, 
in  the  case  of  living  persons,  whether  the  form  of  presentation  or  the  substance  of 
the  statement  were  to  be  considered,  characteristic  traits  seemed  more  sure  to  find 
expression  by  each  one's  speaking  for  himself;  and,  in  respect  to  those  deceased, 
as  the  ]iortrait-painter,  both  in  the  interest  of  art  and  for  tnith's  sake,  always 
endeavors  to  seize  and  fix  upon  his  canvas  the  most  pleasing  expressions  of  counte- 
nance, attitudes  and  active  movements  of  his  subjects,  so,  in  biography,  the  views 
of  nearest  friends,  if  obtainable,  seemed  likely,  upon  the  whole,  to  do  the  fullest 
justice.  Are  not  imperfections  of  character  too  generally  made  prominent,  even  to 
the  hiding  of  l:)etter  qualities,  when  observation  is  not  quickened  and  guided  by 
affection  'i  Besides,  if  the  presentation  of  models  for  imitation,  rather  than  a  ci-itical 
exposure  of  the  faults  of  humanity,  is  the  object  of  biography,  that  is  to  be  secured 
only  by  portrayals  which  emphasize  the  better  aspects  of  life  and  character.  The 
Secretary  has  taken  some  editorial  liberties,  but  is  not  conscious  either  of  having 
admitted  into  these  records  anything  of  an  untruthful  bearing,  or  of  any  "  suppressio 
veri "  in  respect  to  character. 

An  abstract  of  reports  of  several  meetings  of  the  Class  will  be  found  in  an 
Appendix ;  and  the  Secretary  is  permitted  to  make  an  apjjropriate  ending  to  this 
volume  by  reprinting  "  Sketches  from  Memory  " — a  paper  of  sprightly  reminiscences 
of  our  college-days,  read  by  our  classmate  Charles  Tracy,  Esq.,  before  the  Yale 
Alumni  Association  of  New  York,  of  w^iicli  he  is  the  President,  Dec.  12,  1873,  and 
lately  published  Ity  request  of  that  association. 

The  Secretary  regrets  that  his  work  is  not  quite  free  from  typographical  errors, 

though,  it  is  believed,  none  of  them  are  important  enough  to  be  specified.      He 

ventures  to  hope  that  no  errors  of  fact  will  be  discovered ;  should  it  be  otherwise, 

he  solicits  correction. 

EDWAED   ELBEIDGE   SALISBUEY, 

Class-Secretary. 

Kew  Haven,  Conn.,  October,  1880. 


MEMOEANDA. 

ARCIIP]R,   HENRY  WILSON,  AM  IST'.i. 

From  Hock  L'i(i>,  Mil 
Present  address:  H.  W.  Archer,  Ei^(].,  Belair,  Ihiri'unl  Co.,  Md. 

"July,  1.S79. 

....  "I  am  tlie  second  son  of  Dr.  John  Archer  and  Ann  his  wife, 
of  Harford  T'onnty  in  the  State  of  MaryhuKl  Was  born  the  IStli  April, 
1<S13,  at  a  place  called  Stafford,  in  the  beautiful  valley  of  Deer  Creek,  in 
the  siune  county  in  which  I  still  reside.  Was  educated  by  private  tutors, 
and  ^\ent  to  college  soon  after  my  father's  death.  When  I  left  Yale,  it 
was  with  a  determination  to  find  some  other  college  where  I  coidd  com- 
plete my  education.  I  went  first  to  Geneva  College  on  Seneca  Lake  in 
Central  New  York,  where  1  remained — in  (piannitine  as  it  were — only 
long  enough  to  obtain  a  clean  bill  of  health  ;  and  when  supposed  to  be 
entirel)^  disinfected  I  entered  Union  C*ollege,  of  which  Dr.  Nott  was  then 
President,  where  I  ■was  graduated  in  the  usual  conrse. 

"After  leaving  college,  and  going  through  a  course  of  reading  in 
history  and  general  literature,  I  commenced  the  study  of  law^,  withont 
any  intention  of  following  it  as  a,  profession,  Imt  because  I  considered  it 
good  mental  training,  and  an  essential  ])art  of  a  good  education.  But  I 
soon  became  fond  of  the  study,  and  afterwards  of  the  practice  of  law, 
which  I  have  followed  as  a  profession  to  the  present  time,  relieving-  the 
somewhat  arduous  duties  of  a  lawyer's  life  with  such  attention  as  I  have 

B  1 


MEMORANDA. 

t'oinid  time  to  devote  to  :i<j;Ticultiiral  pursuits,  in  which  1  htL\e  always  taken 
a  lively  interest. 

"In  June,  1849,  I  was  married  to  ]\rary  E.,  eldest  daughter  of  John 
W.  Walker,  Esq.,  of  Kent  County,  Mi\.,  who  has  Ijlessed  me  with  eleven 
children,  of  whom  nine  are  now  living-;  and  with  them,  and  the  many 
other  blessings  for  which  I  have  to  be  thankful,  I  am  enjoying  about  the 
happiest  life  this  world  is  capable  of  affording. 

"  I  have  occasionally  taken  part  in  public  affairs,  but  only  to  a  very 
moderate  extent,  and  only  so  far  as  duty  has  seemed  to  require.  I  have 
served  in  our  Legislature,  and  was  a  member  of  the  State  Convention 
which  formed  the  present  Constitution  of  the  State  of  Maryland ;  but  my 
cliief  occupations  and  pleasures  have  been  found  in  the  retirement  and 
quiet  duties  of  private  and  professional  life. 

"  It  would  give  me  great  pleasure  to  renew  my  acquaintance  with  the 
fellows  of  our  old  Class,  most  of  Avhom  I  suppose  are  now^  grave  seniors 
— most  unlike  the  gay  boys  we  were  when  we  parted,  so  many  years  ago. 
I  shall  ever  entertain  a  most  kindlv  regard  for  them,  and  shall  ho})e  that 
vou  and  all  the  rest  of  them  will  ever  remember,  kindly,  Yom's  Truly." 

[Letter  by  liimself.j 


MEMORANDA. 


BACKUS,   WILLIAM  WABNER,  A.B.  1832. 

From  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
Present  address :  Mr.  W.  W.  Backus,  Leavenworth,  Kansas. 

William  Warner  Backus,  son  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  Backus  of  Lee, 
Berkshire  Co.,  Mass.,  was  horn  in  Lee,  Jan.  IG,  1807,  and  until  he  went  to 
Yale  lived  there  and  in  Ithaca  and  Lansing,  N.  Y.  Pie  was  licensed  to 
preach  in  New  Haven  in  July,  ISPtf),  and  was  ordained  Pastor,  over  his 
lirst  charge,  in  Gallipolis,  Ohio,  in  the  winter  of  1837.  In  Sept.,  1837, 
he  was  married,  at  Newark,  N.  J.,  to  Miss  Frances  Ward.  The  place  of 
his  next  settlement  was  Benton,  Yates  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  his  first  son  was 
horn.  In  1839  he  removed  to  Castile,  Genesee  Co.,  N.  Y.  ;  and  in  1841 
to  Bloomfield,  Hartford  Co.,  Conn.  Here  he  lost  his  wife,  who  left  him 
Avith  four  children,  the  eldest  of  whom,  now  dead,  lived  to  become  one  of 
the  best  and  most  respected  and  influential  men  of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  From 
Bloomfield  he  was  called  to  Fremont  (then  Lower  Sandusky),  ( )liio,  where 
Pi'esident  Hayes  was  a  member  of  his  congregation ;  and  afterwards  to 
Chester,  Geauga  Co.,  (_)]iio,  Avliere  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Hawes. 
From  Chester  he  went  to  Friendship,  Alleghany  Co.,  N.  Y. ;  thence,  to 
Camden,  111. ;  and  from  tliis  place  to  Decatur,  AVisc.  In  1856  he  removed 
to  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  and  assumed  the  responsibility  of  building  the 
first  brick  meeting-house  in  that  State,  after  organizing  tlie  church.  In 
1857  he  was  one  of  three  men  who  in  convention  organized  a  movement 
that  gave  the  death-blow  to  the  Lecom23ton  Constitution.  To  pay  for  his 
meeting-house,  he  had  to  become  a  land-agent,  and   he  soon  became  so 


MEMORANDA. 

involved  in  tin's  l)n8iness  that  he  could  not  feed  his  sheep,  and  therefore 
surrendered  tlie  charge.  This  was  in  1859,  since  which  time  he  has  not 
lived  l)y  iiicadiinii'.  In  1860  he  lost  his  second  wife,  by  whom  he  had  five 
children  :  and  in  1  S(;2  was  married,  in  Dayton,  ( )hio,  to  Mrs.  Berelda  Davis. 
Durini;-  the  latter  year  he  was  f<tr  a  short  time  with  the  army  in  Missouri 
and  Arkansas.  In  ISTi.'')  he  entered  into  the  •^•old-mine  business,  in  one 
season  organiziiii^-  four  gold-companies,  and  getting  them  into  operation, 
but  did  not  reap  a  fortune.  He  is  the  author  of  three  lectures  on  creation, 
published  in  the  "Popular  Science  Monthly,"  which  were  highly  compli- 
mented b}'  the  late  Professor  Silliman ;  and  is  now  engaged  in  writing 
a  digest  of  history  from  the  reign  of  Elizabeth  down  to  the  American 
Revolution,  the  introduction  to  which  was  published  in  the  "AVestern 
Homestead"  for  February,  ISTfl. 

He  has  had  ten  children,  of  whom  nine  are  still  living,  scattered 
from  the  Pockv  Mountains  to  New  York  City;  and  he  boasts  of  eleven 
grandchildren. 

[From  a  coinimiiiioatioii  by  himself.  April,  1879. — E.  E.  S.J 


MEMORANDA. 


*BAKER,  SAMUEL  GEORGE,  A.K  1832. 

*1841.  From  Baltimore,  Md. 


«i 


"Dec.  22,  1878. 

"My  dear  brother  Samuel  George  Baker  was  born  in  Baltimore  in  1813; 
he  died  in  1841;  so  that  he  was  just  twenty-eight  at  tlie  time  of  liis  death. 
He  was  the  second  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  Baker,  of  Baltimore,  who  was  an 
eminent  physician,  and  professor  of  Materia  Medica  in  the  University  of 
Maryland  for  more  than  twenty  years.  My  brother  was  married  in  1839  to 
Marianne  Read,  daughter  of  Judge  Read  of  Newcastle,  Delaware,  a  very 
lovely  and  accomplished  woman.  Even  at  the  early  age  at  which  he  died, 
he  had  held  for  several  years  the  same  chair  at  the  University  which  his 
father  had  so  well  tilled  [he  himself  having  i-eceived  the  degree  of  M.D.  at 
Baltimore  in  1835],  and  had  already  gained  a  large  and  lucrative  jiractice. 

"I  will  copy  for  you  a  few  lines  from  a  dear  friend  of  his,  giving  a 
description  of  his  character,  and,  it  seemed  to  us  all,  a  just  estimate  of  him. 
'He  was  endowed  by  nature  with  a  strong,  vigorous  intellect,  with  the 
highest  order  of  energy,  perseverance  and  personal  courage,  with  a  keen 
sensibility  and  a  nice  sense  of  lionour,  and  witli  a  capacity  for  the  indulgence 
of  the  affections  Avhich,  whilst  it  attaclied  others  to  him  by  the  strongest 
ties,  made  him  the  object  of  the  unlimited  devotion  of  his  family  and  friends. 
The  zeal  with  which  he  devoted  himself  to  the  labours  of  his  profession,  had 
a'ained  for  him  hio-h  rank  among-  its  members,  even  at  the  early  age  of 
twenty-eight;  and  the  affectionate  assidiiity  with  which  he  discharged  his 
duties  to  his  patients,  had  endeared  him  to  them  in  an  extraordinary  degree. 


MEMORANDA. 

lie  was  C'liiiiifnt  for  tlie  sincerity  and  faitlifuliiess  of  his  cliaracter.  The 
warmth  and  enthusiasm  of  his  temperament  were  manifested  in  everytliing 
he  imdertook,  and  in  nothing-  more  honourably  than  in  tlie  intrepid  and 
uncalcidating  spirit  witli  wliich  lie  discharged  any  duty  which  friendship 
might  devolve  upon  him.  He  was  incapable  of  artifice  or  meanness,  but  was 
brave,  just  and  candid.'  " 

[Letter  by  a  sister.] 


MEMORANDA. 


*BARCULO,  SEWARD. 

*1854.  From  FisMciU,  N.  Y. 

Seward  Barcuk)  was  tlie  sou  of  Rev.  Georyu  Barciilo,  wlio,  at  the  time 
of  his  son's  birth,  on  the  2'2d  Sept.,  1808,  was  pastor  of  tlie  two  elmrches  of 
Hopewell  and  New  Hackensack,  in  Dutchess  County,  State  of  New  York. 
As  a  boy,  he  was  remarkable  for  tlie  active,  though  mischievous,  turn  of 
his  mind,  while  at  the  same  time  he  was  truthful  and  generous,  fearless  and 
firm,  lie  had  a  quick  and  retentive  memor)',  and  committed  his  lessons 
whh  rapidity  and  ease.  He  was  designed  for  a  farmer,  and  -was  sent  to  a 
district-school ;  Init  liis  uncle  Jacobus  L.  Swartwout,  by  whom  he  had  been 
adopted,  observing  that  his  leisure-moments  were  spent  in  the  study  of 
algebra  and  mathematics,  changed  his  plans  in  regard  to  him,  and  concluded 
to  give  him  a  liberal  education.  His  academic  life  began  in  Fishkill,  under 
the  charge  of  Rev.  Cornelius  D.  Westbrook ;  but  his  prepai-ation  for  college 
was  completed  at  Cornwall,  Conn.,  in  the  home  of  his  early  friend  and 
teacher,  the  now  well-known  Evangelist  of  the  Catholic  Apostolic  Church, 
Rev.  William  W.  Andrews.  He  entered  Yale  in  1828,  and  remained  there 
till  the  summer  of  1830,  one  of  tlie  foremost  scholars  in  liis  Class,  when  he 
removed  to  Rutgers  College ;  but  he  took  no  college-degree.  He  studied 
law  in  the  office  of  Stephen  Cleveland,  Esq.,  in  Poughkeepsie,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  18.-54.  From  the  first,  he  had  aimed  not  only  to 
perfect  himself  in  the  elements  of  legal  science,  but  to  become  an  accom- 
plished advocate.  Into  every  debating-school,  moot-court,  or  club,  where 
mind  comes  into  collision  with  mind,  he  went.  Law,  literature,  science, 
politics,  social  and  national  questions,  were  all  propounded  and  discussed  in 


MEMORANDA. 

these  liunil)le  foniins,  with  a  force  fiiul  ability  not  often  surpassed  upon  a 
wider  arena,  and  in  more  public  councils.  He  commenced  the  practice  of 
his  profession  stimulated  by  the  glories,  then  fast  passing  away,  of  some  of 
the  brightest  lights  of  the  law  in  the  State,  as  well  as  by  the  examples  of 
others  witli  \'\liom  he  had  to  enter  into  competition;  and  he  soon  showed 
himself  to  be  no  unworthy  competitor.  In  Ajtril,  1S45,  he  was  appomted 
First  Judge  of  the  County  Court  of  Dutchess,  by  Gov-.  Wright,  upon  the 
unanimous  recommendation  of  the  Dutchess  County  bar,  who  without  dis- 
tinction of  party  acknowledged  his  ])C('uliiir  fitness  for  that  position,  and 
prevailed  on  him  to  acce])t  it.  In  1S4G  he  Avas  appointed  Circuit  Judge; 
and  entered  iipon  this  new  sphere  of  duty  with  modesty  and  diligence,  yet 
with  a  firmness  and  dignity  not  usual  for  one  of  his  age.  He  felt  the 
delicacy  and  difficulty  of  occupying  a  seat  recently  filled  by  liuggles  and 
Emott,  but  it  is  sufficient  to  say  that  the  robe  worn  by  his  predecessors  was 
neither  sullied  nor  disgraceil  on  his  shoulders.  He  soon  developed  those 
qualities  of  mind  for  which  he  afterw  ards  became  somewhat  remarkable,  an 
almost  intuitive  insight  into  the  lieart  of  the  case  before  liini,  and  of  the 
principle,  of  law  or  equity,  l)y  which  it  was  governed.  When  the  new 
constitution  of  1S47  went  into  effect,  he  was  elected  one  of  the  Justices  of 
the  Supreme  Court  for  the  Second  District,  and  drew  the  longest  term. 
His  predilections  were  ultra  democratic  and  })rogressive,  but  when  he  saw 
the  veneralde  and  sacred  ark  of  the  hnv  profaned,  and  its  time-honored 
principles  and  practices  swept  away,  by  the  code  of  practice  introduced 
under  the  new  constitution,  the  last  remains  of  a  radical  and  reforming 
spirit  were  extirpated  from  his  mind,  and  he  rebelled  with  his  whole 
spiritual  force  against  the  desecration.  He  held  his  position  of  Justice  of 
the  Supreme  Court,  luider  the  new  constitution,  for  six  and  a  half  years, 
Avith  ability  and  success,  rapid  in  coming  to  his  conclusions,  open  and 
fearless  in  the  avowal  of  them,  yet  without  any  j)ride  of  oj)inion  to  ])revent 
him  from  seeing  his  own  errors,  on  a  re-examination  of  cases  at  circuit,  and 
uniting  promptly  to  correct  them. 

He  was  a  most  varied  and  voracious  reader,  and  mastered  the  contents 
of  a  book  with  great  facility.     He  spent  considei'able  time  and  money  in 


MEMORANDA. 

horticulture.  He  visited  Europe  three  times,  as  inucli  to  be  on  tlie  ocean  in 
liis  passage  (having  a  passion  for  the  •\vatei'),  as  to  ol)serve  for  liiniself  tlie 
manners  and  customs  of  foreign  society,  and  the  machinery  of  Em-opean 
social  and  political  life. 

The  same  year  in  which  he  came  to  the  bar,  he  married  Cornelia, 
daiighter  of  John  H.  Tallman,  Esq.,  of  New  York,  by  whom  ho  had  one 
son,  Sidney,  who  died  soon  after  his  father,  and  three  daughters. 

Judge  Barculo  died  in  New  York,  on  the  20th  Jime,  1854.  He  was 
a  communicant  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  and  met  death  as  a 
Christian,  after  a  painful  and  lingering-  illness  which  he  bore  with  manly 
fortitude  and  Christian  resignation. 

[Mostly  abr.  from  Appendix  to  Barbour's  Supreme  Court  Reports,  xx.  (;61-72. — E.  E.  S.] 


MEMOKANDA. 


*BEATTY,  EDWAIU)   W. 

*1864.  From  Ilagerstown,  Md. 

",Jmi.  30,  1879. 
"  p](l\vnnl  W.  Bentty  was  born  in  TTanxTstown,  ^Id.  His  father,  Elie 
Beatty,  was  cashier  of  the  Ilagerstown  Bank  for  very  many  years  .  .  .  He 
read  Uiw,  was  admitted  to  tlie  bar,  but  nevcn-  practised.  I  liad  but  a  slight 
acquaintance  with  him,  whilst  at  college,  but  after  I  came  here  to  reside 
knew  him  well.  He  farmed  for  many  years,  and  then  became  an  officer  in 
the  Custom-House  at  Baltimore,  and,  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war, 
went  into  the  Southern  army,  and  was  killed  at  tlie  liattle  of  Cedar  Creek 
[1864].  He  married  Maria,  the  daughter  of  General  ( )tho  Holland  Williams 
(a  relative  of  the  Revolutionary  general  ttf  that  name).  He  and  his  wife, 
and  all  their  children,  save  a  married  daughter,  are  dead." 

[From  Ills  olassniiite  G.  S.] 

His  name  first  appears,  as  one  of  the  Class,  in  the  Catalogue  for  1829-30,  and  lie 
left  college  in  1830.  Says  his  classmate  J.  A.  M. :  "He  had  a  mild  and  gentle  spirit, 
with  a  very  slender  ligure." — E.  E.  S. 


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MEMOKANDA. 


^BENEDICT,  GEORGE  A.,  A.M.  1858. 

*1876.  From   Watertoivn,  N.  Y. 


■; 


"George  A.  Benedict  was  boi-n  in  WatertoAvn,  N.  Y.,  Aug-.  .5,  1812, 
and  died  at  Cleveland,  ( )hi<),  May  12,  187G.  At  an  early  age  lie  was  sent 
to  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  where  he  pursued  a  preparatory  course  of  study,  and  in 
1828  he  entered  Yale  College.  He  left  college  in  1830;  hut  twenty-eight 
years  afterwards,  the  Corporation,  without  his  knowledge,  but  much  to  his 
gratification,  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  M.A.  Leaving  college,  he 
entered  upon  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Judge  Robert  Lansing  in 
Watertown,  and  completed  his  legal  studies  with  Sterling  &  Bronsoii  of  the 
same  place.  Shortly  after  being  admitted  to  practice  in  his  native  State,  he 
removed  to  Ohio,  and  established  himself  at  Cleveland.  In  1836  he  formed 
a  pai'tnership  with  John  Erwen,  Esq.,  \\'hich  continued  until  1839,  when  this 
connection  was  dissolved,  and  a  new  one  formed  under  the  name  of  Benedict 
&  Hitchcock.  In  1848  he  was  appointed  Clerk  of  the  Superior  Court  of 
Cleveland,  and,  when  that  court  was  abolished  in  1853,  he  purchased  an 
interest  in  the  "Cleveland  Daily  Herald,"  to  which  he  had  been  an  occasional 
contributor,  and  became  its  associate-editor.  From  this  time  forward,  and 
after  he  became  its  editor-in-chief  in  1858,  almost  the  whole  management 
and  condixct  of  this  joimial  devolved  upon  him ;  and  its  standing  and  rank 
as  the  leading  newspaper  of  Northern  Ohio,  which  it  holds  to  this  day,  are 
chiefly,  if  not  wholly,  due  to  him. 


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MEMORANDA. 


"He  was  a  man  of  strong  convictions,  holding  tlieni  tenaciously,  yet 
always  tolerant  where  honest  differences  of  opinion  might  exist ;  outspoken 
against  wrong,  yet  never  suffering  the  columns  of  his  paper  to  be  made  the 
vehicle  of  private  prejudice  or  personal  abuse.  If  injury  were  done,  the 
same  columns  were  open  to  the  aggrieved  jjurty  to  rejiair  the  wrong.  In 
politics  a  Whig,  and  afterwards  a  Republican,  zealous  in  his  support  of  party- 
principles,  he  never  sought  or  desired  political  preferment.  In  1842  he  was 
City- Attorney,  and  in  1843  was  President  of  the  City-Council.  In  1865  he 
was,  without  solicitation,  tendered  the  appointment  of  postmaster  at  Cleve- 
land, and  he  held  that  office  four  years.  He  refused  a  re-appointment,  under 
the  influence  of  a  conviction,  which  personal  experience  had  impressed  upon 
him,  that  the  editor  of  a  political  journal  should  hold  no  political  office.  As 
a  citizen,  he  always  was  interested  in  the  prosperity  of  the  vState  and  city  of 
his  adoption,  and  took  an  active  part  in  all  measures  of  public  benefit- 
During  tlie  Rebellion,  he  devoted  all  his  energies  and  iafiuence,  })ersonal 
and  editorial,  to  the  support  of  the  Union-cause.  All  benevolent  and  chari- 
table enterprises  found  in  liini  a  warm  supporter  and  liljeral  friend.  A 
faithful  mendjer  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  church,  he  was  for  many  years  one 
of  its  Vestry.  In  private  and  social  life,  the  esteem  and  love  of  a  wide  circle 
of  warm  friends  surrounded  him." 

[Comimm.  by  a  sou-iu-law.] 


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MEMORANDA. 


*BISHOP,  EBEKEZER. 

*1837.  From   Woodsforl;   Cuuu. 

"Ebenezer  Bishop,  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Sarah  (Lyon)  Bishop,  was 
born  12th  Oct.,  1812,  in  North  Woodstock,  Conn.  His  father  was  for 
many  years  a  practising-  physician  in  that  phice.  He  joined  the  Class  in 
1828,  left  Yale  in  1830,  and  was  graduated  at  Washington  College,  Hart- 
ford, in  1832.  He  qualitied  himself  to  l)e  a  lawyer,  settled  at  New  Albany, 
Indiana,  in  the  summer  of  1836,  and  died  of  consumption  in  the  summer 
of  1837." 

[Mostly  cnmmiin.  )iy  an  nnolc] 


n 


MIOMOKANDA. 


*1{()WERS,  JOHN,  A.B.  1832. 

*1863.  From  Dudleij,  Mass. 

"  Jolm  Bowers  died  iu  St.  Jo]ni,sl)iu'y,  Vt.,  Ful).  1,  1863,  aged  fifty-seven 
years  jnid  tour  montlis. 

"lie  was  the  sou  of  Alpliens  and  Anna  (Sumner)  Bowers,  and  was 
luirn  in  Tliompsou,  Conn.,  Sept.  14,  ISO;").  After  graduatini;'  in  tlic  Tlieo- 
lo"ifal  Seniinarv  at  Princeton  in  1836,  lie  tauylit  for  a  \far  in  Nichols 
Academy,  Dudley,  Mass.,  and,  having  been  licensed  to  preach  Ijy  the 
Presbytery  of  Long  Island  in  183."),  he  was  ordained  pastoi"  of  the  Congre- 
gational church  in  AVill^rahain,  ]\Iass.,  Dec.  13,  1837.  This  church  he  left 
in  the  spring  of  1856,  ;ind,  after  preaching  nearly  a  j^ear  at  Agawam  Falls, 
he  was  invited  to  become  ])astor  of  the  Third  Congregational  church  in 
St.  Johnsbury,  where  he  was  installed  Fel).  4,  1X58.  He  was  married  in 
1836  to  Miss  Maria  Healey  of  Dudley,  Mass. 

"He  published  a  Thanksgiving  discourse  in  1843,  and  two  discoui'ses 
at  the  close  of  his  ministry  in  Wilbraham." 

[From  Obit.  Record  of  Graduates  of  Yale  College,  No.  4  of  the  printed  series.] 


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MKMORANnA. 


*BOWIE,   WALTER  B. 

*1833.  From   Prince  Gcon/c  Co.,  Md. 

"Walter  B.  Bowie,  son  of  William  and  Catherine  (Dnckett)  Bowie,  was 
born  at  Fairview,  Prince  George  County,  Maryland,  in  1812."  He  left 
College  in  1830,  "and  died  in  1833,  of  consnmption,  nnmarried." 

[CommuD.] 


IS 


MEMORANDA. 


BRACE,  SETH  COLLINS,  A.B.  1832. 

From    Wethersjidd,   Com/. 
Present  address:  Eev.  S.  C.  Brace,  Mercantile  Library,  Pliiladelpliia. 

"Setli  Collins  Brace,  son  of  Rev.  Joab,  D.D.  (Y.  C.  1804),  and  Lucy 
(Collins)  Brace,  of  Newington,  Conn.,  was  born  at  that  place  Aug.  3,  1811. 
Was  fitted  for  college  by  Jiis  father,  who,  in  a  pastorate  of  fifty  years  at 
Newington,  pi-epared  many  young  men  for  Yale.  From  1832  to  183,5 
was  teacher  at  Lenox,  Mass.,  and  at  Northampton,  Mass.,  and,  for  a  short 
time,  editor  of  the  'Massachusetts  Eagle'  at  Lenox.  From  1835  to  1838 
was  tutor  and  theological  student  at  Yale.  In  March,  1839,  became  the 
editor  of  the  'North  American,'  then  commenced  in  Philadelphia,  and  was 
connected  with  the  editorsliip,  at  intervals,  until  1845.  From  1842  to 
1843  was  Professor  of  Mathematics  in  Delaware  College,  and  there 
licensed  as  a  preacher  by  the  Presbyter}^  of  Wilmington.  From  1847  to 
1851  was  teacher  in  the  Young  Ladies  Seminary  at  Pittsfield,  Mass. 
From  1855  to  1856  was  Librarian  of  the  IMercantile  Libra rv  in  Philadel- 
})hia.  (Subsequently,  was  a  preacher  at  Newark,  Del.,  and  at  Curtisville 
(Stockbridge),  Mass.;  and  from  18G0  to  l.S(;4  ])ast<n-  of  the  Congregational 
church  at  l^)ethany.  Conn.  From  1S()4  to  ISTO  was  occupied,  in  New 
Haven,  in  instructing  private  pn])ils.  Since  INTO  has  resided  in  Pliiladel- 
phia,  engaged  in  ])rivate  studies.  Has  written  nuu'h  for  the  newspaper- 
jiress,  and  some  articles  for  magazines.  In  1S41  prepared  an  enlarged 
edition  of  the  'Scholar's  Companion,'  and  in  1843  compiled  the  'Parisli 
Hymns.' 

"Two  younger  lirothers  of  his  were  Yale  graduates;  Rev.  E.  Joab 
(1837),  and  Samxiel  (1841) — see  Class  Histories.  One  of  his  sisters  was 
married  to  Rev.  John  Todd,  D.D.  (Y.  C  1822),  the  other  to  Rev.  Sanmcl 
N.  Shepard  (Wms.  Coll.  1821)." 

[<jOiiiiuiin.  by  himself,  Nov.,  1878.] 


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*BRINCKERHOFF,  ED  WARD. 

*1857.  From  Albany,  N.   Y. 

"Jan.  10,  1S7!). 
"My  dear  brother  Edward  was  the  yoiingest  child  and  second  son  of 
Peter  and  Elizabeth  Brinckerhoti".  He  was  born  in  New  York  City,  tlie 
24th  of  Dec,  1810,  and  was  thirteen  months  old  when  liis  father  died; 
his  mother  then  moved  to  Albany,  her  native  city.  My  brother  died 
Jan.  Gth,  1857,  in  his  forty-eighth  year.  He  never  married.  I  copy  an 
obitnary  notice  :  'The  death  of  Edward  Brinckerhotf,  which  was  annonnced 
to-day,  is  the  termination  of  a  long-  conrse  of  illness,  which  he  bore  with 
Christian  and  cheerful  resignation.  .  Of  old  and  much  respected  families, 
well  educated,  he  commenced  life  under  apparently  the  most  promising- 
circumstances.  In  physical  conformation,  he  was  a  model  of  manly  and 
vigorous  health,  but  a  sjiinal  disease  crippled  his  strength,  and  confined  him 
to  the  house  ten  years:  its  source  was  traced  to  a  fall  from  his  horse  while 
acting  as  marshal  at  a  funeral.'  " 

[Letter  by  a  sister.] 

He  entered  Yale  with  the  Class,  left  in  LSoO,  was  "a  graduate  of 
Rutgers  College  in  1832,  and  died  in  Albany,  where  he  always  lived — a 
lawyer  by  profession,  and  a  most  estimable  gentleman." 

[Mostly  from  his  classmate  J.  A.  M.] 


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MEMORANDA. 


*BROWN,  SAMUEL  BOBBINS,  A.B.  1832. 
*1880.  From  Moi/soi/,  Mass. 

"My  life,  by  God's  providence,  lins  been  so  prolonged  and  varied  in  its 
incidents,  ocenpations  and  places  of  alxxle,  that  I  find  it  ditficnlt  to  write  a 
sketch  of  it  in  a  condensed  form.  1  have  attempted  to  do  so  repeatedly, 
l)oth  in  .lapan  and  since  my  retnrn  to  the  United  States,  but  found  myself 
runnino-  so  much  into  details  that  1  i^ave  it  up,  and  had  come  to  regard 
the  story  of  m}-  life  as  belonging  only  to  my  children,  who  have  often 
asked  me  to  give  it  to  them,  and  to  whom  sucli  a  redundanc}'  of  particulars 
would  be  acceptable.  But  now  I  am  urged  to  furnish  some  account  of  my 
life-work  for  the  record  of  the  Class  of  1832,  and  must  endeavor  to  comply 
with  tlie  request. 

"  My  parents  were  Timothy  Hill  Brown  and  his  wife  Phelje  Hinsdale, 
the  former  a  native  of  Connecticut  and  the  latter  of  Canaan,  N.  Y.  They 
had  four  children,  three  daughters  and  one  son.  My  elder  sister  was  born 
in  East  Windsor,  Conn.,  in  wliat  ^^■as  then  called  Scantic  Parish,  in  180G. 
I  was  born  in  the  same  place  Jiuie  1(!,  1810.  My  father  removed  to  the 
adjoining  town  of  Ellington  when  I  Avas  about  two  years  old,  and  there 
remained  nearly  six  years,  during  which  time  my  two  younger  sisters 
were  born.  In  1S18,  my  father  removed  to  Monson,  Mass.,  in  order  to 
avail  himself  (if  the  advantages  of  the  academy  at  that  place  in  the  educa- 
tion of  his  children,  for,  though  n\\  [)arents  were  in  very  straitened  circum- 
stances, thev  were  not  willing  that  their  cliildren  should  grow  up  without 
the  educational  advantages  which  were  within  their  means.  At  Monson 
mv  father  resided  till  his  death,  Dec.  2!l,  1853.      He  was  by  trade  a  house- 

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MEMORANDA. 

joiner,  but  being-  ing-enious,  and  given  to  much  reading-,  he  could  readily 
turn  his  hand  to  various  mechanical  operations,  l^y  sucli  means,  together 
witli  the  culti\  ation  of  tifteen  or  twenty  acres  of  land  that  he  boug-ht  in  Mon- 
son,  lie  supported  his  family.  My  mother,  who  was  left  an  orj)han  when 
two  3'eais  old,  was  a  woman  whose  early  oi-])lianag-e,  sufferings  and  priva- 
tions wduld  Iiave  made  havoc  of  the  constitution  iuiil  character  of  most 
wonii-n,  and  of  licrs,  l)ut  for  the  grace  of  (iod  nnd  native  ment;d  powers, 
and  moral  qualities,  condjined  with  an  indomitable  courage  and  resolution 
that  caused  the  endurance  of  diabolical  crueh\'  to  make  her  a  Chris- 
tian of  the  noblest  type,  and  a  true  heroine,  if  there  ever  was  one.  I 
attribute  all  my  success  in  life,  and  whatever  good  I  have  been  enabled 
to  do,  to  the  home  of  my  childhood  and  its  hallowed  influences,  and  to  the 
'golden  vials  full  of  odors'  laid  up  in  lieaven  by  this  mother  for  her  only 
son,  and  count  them  a  richer  inheritance  than  mix  amount  of  gold  and 
silver.  When  I  was  eight  years  old,  I  was  put  to  the  study  of  Latin.  I 
camiot  say  nnicli  for  the  teaching  of  those  days.  Though  I  entered 
Monson  Academy  at  nine  ^•ears  of  age,  1  really  believe  that,  for  two  or 
three  years  after  I  took  up  Adams'  Latin  Grammar,  I  thought  Latin  %\as 
only  a  puzzle  invented  for  scliool-boN.s.  I  was  left  to  find  out  for  myself 
tliat  it  was  a  language  once  spoken  bv  a  great  ))eople.  According  to  the 
standard  of  those  days  I  was  said  to  be  fitted  for  college  at  the  age  of 
sixteen.  Poverty,  however,  prevented  my  going  an^'  further,  and  I  knew 
that  I  could  not  look  to  mv  father  for  support  in  a  college-course.  The 
only  way  open  to  me  wa.s  to  rely  upon  my  own  exertions  to  pay  my 
expenses.  Here  let  me  sav  that  from  early  childhood,  I  scarcely  know 
why  or  how,  I  had  fixed  in  nn'  mind  a  plan  of  life,  from  which  I  never 
swerved,  and  other  than  wliich  I  liad  no  desire  to  pursue.  It  was,  first 
to  acquire  a  liljeral  education,  then  to  study  theology,  and  finally  to  be  a 
foreign  missionary.  How  this  could  be  accomplished  Avas  more  than  I 
could  tell,  but  that  it  would  l)e  I  did  not  allow  myself  to  doubt.  If  I  did 
forecast  the  difficulties  to  be  encountered,  I  thought  of  the  mountains  my 
beloved  mother  had  surmounted,  and  the  terrible  obstacles  she  had  over- 
come in  her  vouth,  and  felt  assured  that  those  which  lay  in  my  way  might 


MEMORANDA. 

bo  removed  bv  a  like  'lie;irt  for  any  fate,'  fortified  l)y  trust  in  (Jod  and  a 
worthy  end  in  view.  To  try  my  hand  at  teaehiny,  I  took  a,  district-.scliool 
in  the  winter  after  I  was  seventeen  years  old,  earning-  '$•27  in  tln-ee  niontlis, 
and  handed  the  money  to  my  father.  The  folh)win<>-  sunnncr  I  taiii^lit  a 
so-called  select  school  in  the  town-hall  at  West  8i)rin,i;field,  Mass.,  the 
avails  of  which  in  three  months  amounted  to  $3(!,  which  I  also  i^axc  to 
m\  father.  I  was  now  eighteen  years  old,  and  1  felt  that  1  must  enter 
college  that  year  (182(S),  though  I  had  no  means  of  doing-  so,  and  my 
father  could  not  help  me,  for  his  property  was  mortgaged  for  three-fourths 
of  its  cost.  I  told  my  ftither  that  I  wished  to  enter  Amherst  College,  and 
that,  if  he  would  give  his  consent,  I  would  devote  my  first  earnings  after  I 
was  graduated  to  paying  off  his  deltts.  He  assured  me  that  he  greatly 
desired  to  see  me  educated,  but  he  thought  I  should  need  all  the  money  I 
could  earn  after  graduation  to  pay  my  own  debts.  He,  however,  was 
willing  that  I  should  make  the  ex})eriment,  and  gave  nie  a  hat  and  an 
empty  j^ockft-book,  and  the  use  of  his  horse  and  Ijuggy  to  drive  to 
Amherst.  I  went,  with  change  enough  in  my  jiocket  to  i)ay  for  the  horse's 
feed,  and  buy  myself  some  crackers  and  cheese,  and  entered  the  Freshman 
Class  at  Amherst,  received  from  President  Humphrey  a  cop}'  of  the  college 
by-la\vs  and  returned  to  Monson.  Now  commenced  the  struggle  as  to 
ways  and  means.  I  took  a  school  in  Wales,  Mass.,  for  three  months  at  ^^18 
a  month  and  mv  board,  and  at  the  close  of  the  school,  in  the  dead  of 
winter,  went  home  with  >>54  all  my  own  in  my  pocket.  After  a  consulta- 
tion with  my  mother  I  concluded  to  take  a  dismission  from  Amherst 
College  and  go  to  Yale.  There  were  too  many  indigent  students  like 
myself  in  Amherst,  which  was  but  a  country-village,  to  leave  room  for 
another  to  hope  that  he  could  find  opj)ortunities  to  work  his  way  through. 
Besides,  Mr.  Arthur  Tappan  had  just  published  a  notice  that  he  would 
pay  the  tuition-bills  of  any  number  of  young  men  not  exceeding  one 
hundred,  who  would  enter  Yale  College  that  year  with  a  view  to  the  sacred 
ministry.  Accordingly  I  went  to  Amherst  and  paid  the  bills  due  there, 
and  then,  with  the  poorest  and  meagerest  outfit,  I  think,  that  a  college- 
student  ever  had,  I   went  to  New   Haven,   and   entered  college  near  the 


MEMORANDA. 

l)po-iiiiiino-  of  the  second  term  of  Freshman-vear.  Wlien  settled  in  mv  room 
I  liad  ^37  in  hand  to  d(ifray  expenses.  T  will  not  dwell  npon  the  strii<i-<^les 
I  had  to  make  against  poverty  for  nearly  four  years  after  I  went  to  Yale. 
1  was  never  absent  from  eolleye  l»ut  two  weeks  in  term-time.  Three  months 
before  Commencement  a  friend  in  Philadel]»hia  wrote  to  me  offering  to  pay 
all  mv  expenses,  if  1  would  go  to  Princeton  to  studv  theology;  but  I 
declined  his  generous  offer,  telling  him  that  I  was  too  green,  too  little 
acquainteil  with  men  and  things  to  commence  the  .study  of  theology 
innnediately  after  graduation,  and  furthermore  that  I  had  promised  my 
father  to  devote  my  first  earnings,  after  leaving  college,  to  lifting  a  mortgage 
from  his  property.  Just  before  this  offer  was  made  me,  I  received  a  call 
to  go  to  the  Xew  York  Institution  for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb,  as  a  teacher, 
;ind  I  went  there  at  the  beginning  of  our  Senior-Vacation.  Returning  to 
Xew  Haven  a  iew  days  before  Conmiencement,  I  paid  all  the  outstanding 
l)il]s  against  me,  and,  on  the  day  when  I  received  the  baccalaiireate  degree, 
started  in  the  world  with  all  my  debts  paid  and  a  balance  of  fifty  dollars 
to  \ux  credit.  In  the  autunm  I  returned  to  mv  })lace  in  Xew  York,  where 
I  remained  for  three  years  and  a  half,  fulfilling,  in  about  eighteen  months, 
the  promise  I  had  made  to  [)ay  my  father's  debt.  A  sevei'e  attack  of  pneu- 
monia, v\]iile  I  was  on  a  visit  in  Boston  in  the  summer  of  1835,  so  prostrated 
me  that  my  physician  advised  me  to  go  to  a  warmer  climate.  I  therefore 
Avent  to  Columbia,  South  Carolina,  where  I  studied  theology  two  years,  in 
the  Presbyterian  Theological  Seminary,  until  my  health  was  completely 
restored,  and,  returning  to  New  Y'ork  in  1837,  I  finished  my  theological 
course  at  the  Union  Theological  Seminary,  being  one  of  a  class  of  six  who 
graduated  there  in  1838.  While  in  the  Theological  Seminary  I  had  gone 
back  to  the  New  Y'ork  Institution  for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  as  a  teacher,  and 
was  so  engaged  when  I  was  licensed  by  the  Third  Presbyteiy  of  New  Y^ork, 
in  August,  1838.  Soon  after,  I  offered  myself  to  the  Am.  Bd.  of  Com.  for 
For.  Missions,  as  a  foreign  missionary,  and  was  accepted,  Ijut  I  was  soon 
informed  bv  the  Seci'etary  that  I  should  have  to  wait  another  year  in 
this  country  before  going  abroad,  because  the  Board  had  fifty  accepted 
missionaries,  without  the  funds  requisite  to  send  them  to  their  destinations. 

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MEMORANDA. 

T  therefore  eno-ao-ed  to  reniain  at  tlic  Tnstitiition  for  tlic  Dejif  ;iinl  Diiinl)  ;i 
year  longer.     Tliis,  liowcvci-,  was  not  to  \h\ 

"Oil  the  4tli  of  <  )ct.,  1S,")S,  I  was  iuviteil  to  go  to  Canton,  ('liinn,  in  lln- 
service  of  the  .Morrison  Kdncatioii  Society,  which  had  been  foniicd  tlicrc  hy 
the  niis.sionariew  and  foreign  niercliants  of  mH  nationalities,  for  tlui  pin'))ose 
of  edncating  Chinese  liox's  in  Ixith  iMinlish  and  ('hinese,  tluis  ])uttini:'  in 
tlieir  hands  the  key  to  sources  of  knowledgi^  ironi  \\hich  thc\'  h;\d  up  to 
that  time  been  exehuh'd,  of  instructing  them  in  the  principh's  of  Chris- 
tianity, and  of  founding  an  institution  that  should  serve  as  a  memorial  of  tlu- 
Rev.  Dr.  Robert  Morrison,  the  first  missionary  to  China,  who  die<l  in  IS.'U. 

"Mr.  1).  W.  C.  (  dyphant,  the  head  of  the  firm  of  Olypliant  tV:  ( 'o.  in  New 
York,  who  also  had  a  house  in  Canton,  and  was  one  of  the  original 
mend)ers  of  the  M.  E.  Society,  called  on  me  at  the  Institntion  for  tlie  Deaf 
and  Dumb  on  the  4th  of  October,  at  the  request  of  a  conmiittee  of  the 
Faculty  of  Yale  College,  who  had  been  asked  to  select  a  teacher  for  the 
Morrison  Education  Society,  and  informed  me  that  the  committee  Avislied 
me  to  go  to  (*anton  in  the  sliip  ^lorrison,  to  sail  from  New  York  on 
the  Ifith  of  that  month.  There  were  scarcely  twelve  days  in  wliich  to  make 
preparation  for  the  voyage,  but  I  went  to  New  Haven  on  tlie  .")th,  and 
received  my  connnission  from  Messi's.  Silliman,  Gibbs  and  Goodrich,  and 
returned  the  next  uKirning  to  New  York,  where  I  made  some  preparation 
for  my  outfit,  and  took  niv  dismission  from  the  Institution  for  the  Deaf  and 
Dumb,  then  went  to  Monson,  Mass.,  to  say  farewell  to  my  friends.  I  spent 
one  night  there,  and  the  next  day  went  to  East  Windsor,  Conn.,  and  was 
married  the  same  dav  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Goodwin  Bartlett,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Shubael  Bai-tlett,  and  on  the  following  day  went  to  T.iyme,  Conn.,  to 
see  my  mother,  and  a  sister  whose  husliand  lav  sick  of  t\phoid  fever,  and 
the  next  day  to  New  York,  where  I  was  ordained  l)y  the  Third  Presbytery, 
finished  n\\  hurried  preparations  for  sailing,  and  end»arked  for  (  'liina 
on  the  morning  of  the  ITtlL  in  the  ship  l)efore  mentioned.  We  arrived  in 
the  Macao  Roads  on  the  '2ijd  of  Feb.,  1S.')U,  having  made  the  passage  in 
one  hundred  and  twenty-nine  days.  At  the  anchorage  we  were  met  by 
j\Ir.  S.  W.  Williams,  now  Prof  S.  W.  Williams,  LL.D.,  of  Yale,  who  came 

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MEMORANDA. 

oft' ill  a  covered  boat  to  convey  us  to  his  liouse  in  Miicao.  At  tliat  time  no 
ladv  was  allowed  to  yo  to  the  city  of  Canton,  and  I'oreij^n  ladies  were 
forbidden  by  the  Chinese  authorities  to  land  even  at  Macao  ;  but,  as  the 
government  of  that  place  was  li;df  Portuguese,  the  latter  winked  at  the 
violation  of  this  prohiliitioii,  and  by  landing  at  the  Portuguese  Custom 
House  the  ladies  from  our  slii))  were  safely  and  easily  housed  on  shore. 

"After  going  to  Canton  to  report  m\  self  to  the  otliccrs  of  the  Morrison 
Kducation  Society,  1  returned  to  Macao  and  resided  in  Mr.  Williams'  hrmse 
about  seven  months,  spending  my  time  chiefly  in  the  studv  of  the  Canton 
dialect  of  the  Chinese  language,  to  prepare  myself  for  teaching  when  the 
time  should  come  for  it. 

"The  troubles  that  soon  after  culminated  in  the  iirst  w  ar  lietweeii  Eng- 
land and  China,  commenced  about  the  time  of  our  arrival,  and  made  it  by 
no  means  easy  to  open  a  school.  The  peojde  were  not  eager  to  have  their 
sons  educated  by  a  foreigner.  In  the  autumn  of  that  year,  when  all  British 
subjects  had  been  obliged  to  leave  Macao,  and  betake  themselves  for  safety 
to  the  merchants'  fleet  lying  tbrty  miles  off"  in  Hongkong  harbor,  I  suc- 
ceeded in  renting  a  large  and  commodious  house  with  extensive  teiTaced 
grounds  attached  to  it,  where  I  could  reside  and  open  a  school.  I  suc- 
ceeded also  in  getting  half  a  dozen  lads,  from  ten  to  fifteen  years  old,  as 
pupils.  Some  of  them  were  orphans  or  half  orphans,  and  those  who  had 
parents  living  I  required  to  give  me,  from  tlieni,  a  written  agreement  that 
their  sons  should  remain  at  school  for  a  term  of  years.  Doubtless  they  did 
this  the  more  readily  because  they  knew  that  they  could  break  the  conti'act 
with  impunity.  This  class  of  six  boys  constituted  the  whole  number  of  my 
pupils  for  the  ftrst  year.  They  became  interested  in  their  studies,  and  made 
good  progress  in  Chinese,  and  in  lea7niing  to  speak,  read  and  write  English. 

"At  the  beginning  of  the  next  school-year,  I  received  as  many  more 
boys  under  my  care,  and  so  continued  to  do  for  four  years,  until  I  had 
twenty-four  pupils.  Thus  the  old  Roman  Catholic  town,  through  its  Por- 
tuguese government,  furnished  a  place  where,  notwithstanding-  the  war,  the 
Morrison  School  could  be  opened  and  carried  on  four  years.  Hongkong 
having  been  ceded  to  the  British  government  })y  the  treaty  of  Nanking,  in 

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1842,  the  governor  of  the  ishmd  offered  the  M.  E.  Society  a  very  ehg-ible 
site  there,  for  the  erection  of  a  building  for  the  residence  of  the  instructors, 
and  for  the  scliool-rooni,  Hbniry,  and  doniiitorics  for  tlie  ])upils.  This  offer 
was  accepted,  and  a  large,  connnodious  building  was  erected,  with  the 
required  outbuildings  for  servants,  offices,  etc.  The  president  of  the 
society  gave  $3,000,  and  the  membei'S  contributed  enough  more  to  pay 
for  these  buildings.  Near  the  end  of  lS4'i  the  school  was  removed  from 
Macao  to  Hongkong.  In  1846  Mr.  William  A.  Macy,  a  graduate  of  Yale, 
was  sent  out  from  New  Haven  as  my  assistant.  He  was  a  man  eminently 
fitted  for  the  place,  and  when  in  1847  it  became  necessary  for  me  to  return 
to  the  United  States,  on  account  of  my  wife's  protracted  illness,  he  took 
the  entire  charge  of  the  school,  and  sent  for  his  mother  to  join  him  at 
Hongkong.  She  did  so,  and  remained  there  till  I\Ir.  Macy  closed  the 
school  in  1849,  and  returned  to  America  to  study  theology.  Of  the  six 
boys  first  received  into  the  school,  and  who  had  been  nearly  eight  years 
under  instruction,  I  brought  three  \\  ith  me  to  the  United  States,  at  the 
request  of  four  gentlemen,  members  of  the  ^Vlorrison  Education  Society, 
who  put  into  my  hands  the  funds  to  defray  the  expense.  I  jdaced  these 
young  men  at  Monson  Academy,  and  they  i)oarded  at  nn'  father's  house. 
I  had  leave  of  absence  for  two  or  two  and  a  half  years  fi'om  China,  and  these 
pupils  were  to  return  with  me.  After  remaining  in  Monson  eig'hteen  months, 
it  was  thought  inq")ossible  for  my  wife  to  resnnu'  licr  residence  in  Southern 
China,  with  any  pros})ect  of  enjoying  comfortable  health,  and  I  reluctantly 
sent  my  resignation  to  the  M.  E.  Societ>-.  ( )f  the  three  Chinese  under  my 
care,  I  sent  one,  Wong  Eun,  after  he  had  remained  between  two  and  three 
years  at  Monson  Academy,  where  he  studied  Latin  and  Greek,  and  other- 
wise was  partially  prepared  for  college,  to  Edinburgh,  Scotland.  At  Edin- 
burgh University  he  spent  four  years,  and  was  graduated  w  ith  the  degrees 
of  Bachelor  of  Medicine  and  SurgerA.  He  then  spent  the  two  follow  ing 
years  in  hospital-practice,  and  linal]\-  was  commissioned  bv  the  London 
Missionary  Society  as  a  medical  missionary  to  China.  During  his  luu- 
versity-course  he  twice  took  first  ])rizcs  in  his  class,  once  for  (ireek,  and 
again  for  botany,  and  when  he  was  graduated  he  received  high  compliments 


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MEMOEANDA. 

from  Prof.  Simpson,  for  liis  cliai-acter  and  jittiiinnicuts,  as  tlic  fii'st  Chinese 
graduate  of  tliat  univei'sity.  At  Canton,  Dr.  Wono-  opened  a  large  niis- 
sionary-liospital,  of  wliicli  lie  had  the  charge  for  two  or  tln-ee  v(!ars,  ))iit 
for  reasons  tliat  need  not  lie  mentioned  here,  reasons  honoral)le  to  liimself, 
lie  resigned  his  connection  witli  the  i^ondon  Missionai-y  Society's  mission, 
and  began  to  teach  a  class  of  (-hinese  in  medicine,  and  instruct  his  two 
nieces  in  the  Chinese  language  and  literature,  and  to  lecture  to  them  on 
th(i  New  Testament.  The  result  was  that  these  young  ladies  became 
proficient  in  their  abilit}'  to  read  and  write  Chinese  prose  and  poetry,  as 
few  if  any  others  of  their  sex  liave  been  in  Cliina.  When  I  visited  Canton 
in  1S77,  Dr.  Wong  in  speaking  of  his  nieces  said:  'I  have  done  what  I 
could  to  teach  them  Christianity,  but  1  cainiot  uiala  them  Christian.s.  That 
is  a  work  that  requires  the  agency  and  power  of  the  Holy  Spirit.' 

"For  nearly  fourteen  years  Dr.  Wong  was  the  medical  practitioner 
among  all  the  resident  foreigners  and  foreign  families  at  Canton,  and  when 
he  died,  Oct.  10,  ISTS,  he  was  lamented  by  all  who  knew  him.  An  elderly 
gentleman  who  was  for  many  years  the  Colonial  Surgeon  at  Hongkong 
once  said  to  me:  '  Dr.  AVong  is  head  and  shoulders  above  any  other  surgeon 
or  physician   in  China.' 

"Another  of  the  three  brought  by  me  to  this  country  is  Wong-  Shing, 
now  the  Chinese  Vice-Consnl  at  San  Francisco.  He  staid  ^\•ith  me  but  two 
years,  on  account  of  impaii'ed  health,  and  for  family  reasons  reqiiiring  his 
presence  in  China.  His  father  would  not  consent  to  his  coming  to  America, 
unless  he  would  first  be  married  to  his  betrothed.  To  this  Wong  Shing 
assented,  onh'  ujion  condition  that  there  should  Ije  no  heathen  ceremonies 
at  his  wedding.  He  had  lieen  a  true  Christian  for  six  years  at  that  time, 
and  was  very  desirous  to  accompany  me  to  this  country.  On  his  return 
to  Hongkong  he  went  as  an  apiirentice  into  the  printing-office  of  the  'China 
Mail,'  and  learned  the  printer's  trade.  He  then  was  employed  by  Rev. 
Dr.  Legge  as  the  manager  of  the  London  Missionary  pi-inting-office,  and 
as  Dr.  James  Legge  once  said  of  him,  'He  has  been  my  right-hand  nnni,' 
both  in  the  ])rinting-office  and  in  the  native  church.  He  is  the  first  Chinese 
who  ever  was  put  upon  the  jury-list  at  Hongkong,  and  there  has  been 
but  one  other  since. 


MEMORANDA. 

"WlicTi  tlio  |)vintiii<>-oflHce  was  closed  at  iron<;koiip-,  Wnnp-  Sliiiia'  was 
appoiutccl  tliu  tcaclicr  of  an  English  school  at  tShanghai  I'onndcd  by  the 
g-overnment.  After  the  Chinese  educational  mission  was  sent  to  America, 
he  was  sent  hither  in  charge  of  the  second  band  of  thirty  Chinese  •who 
came  to  this  conntry  to  be  educated.  He  again  returned  to  China,  and, 
when  the  present  Chinese  Embassy  came  to  Washington,  he  was  attached 
to  it  as  interpreter  and  secretary  to  Minister  Chin  Lan  Pin.  He  is  now, 
as  has  been  said,  the  Chinese  Vice-Consul  at  San  Francisco.  He  has 
three  sons,  who  are  receiving  their  education  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  whom  he 
supports  at  his  own  expense,  and  is  interesting  himself  in  all  the  (Christian 
efforts  in  behalf  of  the  ( 'hinese  on  our  western  coast. 

"The  third  of  the  Chinese  lads  who  came  Avith  me  to  this  country  in 
1-S47,  is  Yung  Wing,  now^  H.  I.  C.  Majesty's  Envoy  Extraordinary  and 
Minister  Plenipotentiary  at  Washington.  He  entered  the  Morrison  Edu- 
cation Society's  school  in  1840,  and  remained  there  till  he  came  to  America. 
He  entered  Yale  College  in  1850,  received  his  baccalaureate  degree  in 
1854,  and  returned  to  China  with  his  friend  Rev.  William  A.  Macy. 
His  education  led  him  to  reflect  much  upon  the  condition,  social,  political 
and  religious,  of  his  countrymen,  and,  even  before  he  left  America,  he  longed 
to  devise  some  plan  by  which  the  educational  advantages  he  had  enjoyed 
might  be  given  to  other  Chinese  voung  men  in  large  nmnbers.  He  desired 
thus  to  infuse  new  ideas  and  new  life  into  his  countrymen,  and  to  place  the 
Chinese  empii-e  upon  a  better  footing  among  the  great  powers  of  the  earth. 
J:5ut,  being  without  rank  or  influential  friends  in  China,  the  ditHculties  in 
his  way  were  well-nigh  insurmountal)le,  and  mig-ht  have  utterly  discouraged 
a  man  of  less  determination  and  hopefulness.  He  first  sought  to  enter  some 
lawyer's  office  at  Hongkong  as  a  student,  but  British  prejudice  prevented 
a  C'hinese  from  studying  law  there,  and  he  had  to  give  it  up.  He  then 
went  to  Shanghai,  seeking  occupation  as  a  business-man.  For  several  vears 
he  was  employed  by  a  wealth\'  British  firm  at  Shanghai  as  their  agent  for 
the  purchase  of  teas,  silk,  etc.,  in  the  interior.  His  tried  business-capacity 
and  fidelity  to  his  employers  won  for  him  their  esteem  and  confidence,  and 
were  at  the  same  time  to  his  own  peciuiiar\'  advantage,  and  he  accumulated 

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MEMORANDA. 

some  $15,000  wliilc  in  tliciv  oni])lov.  Subsequently  he  went  to  tlie  port 
of  Kin  Kiang-  on  the  Yiuigtsz  river,  anil  went  into  business  on  ln"s  own 
account,  and  wliile  tliere  added  !:>1(),00()  to  liis  ])ro})ert\-.  All  tlii.s  time  he 
was  watching-  tor  an  o|)i)ortunity  to  carr\'  out  liis  educational  sclieme,  and 
at  length  the  ojii)ortiinit\'  came  in  an  nnlooked  for  w^ay.  The  viceroy  of 
Kiang'  Su  province,  Tsang  Kwo  Fan,  who  was  a  m;in  of  more  progressive 
views  than  most  other  men  of  the  countrN',  was  desirous  to  open  a  jilace 
for  building-  ships  of  war,  anrl  manufacturing-  all  sorts  of  arms  and  ordnance, 
Ijut  knew  of  no  ( 'hinese  wlif)  could  Ije  sent  abroad  to  buv  the  machinery 
for  these  purposes.  He  heard  through  a  subordinate  officer  of  Yung- Wing, 
who  wiis  tlien  at  Kin  Kiang,  as  behig  a  trustworthy  man  educated  in 
America,  and  competent  to  transact  the  bu.siness  required.  He  therefore 
sent  for  Yung  A\"ing  to  come  and  see  him,  and  the  viceroy  was  met  by  him 
at  Gan  King.  When  Tsang  Kwo  Fan  saw  Yung  Wing,  he  eved  him  for  a 
minute  or  t^\■o  in  silence,  as  if  taking  his  measure.  He  then  asked  him  if 
he  could  connuinid  a  regiment.  Yung  Wing  rejdied  that  he  had  no  know- 
ledge of  militar\'  affairs,  and  should  l)e  sorrv  to  undertake  what  he  could 
not  perform.  I'liis  answer  pleased  the  viceroy,  for  he  saw  in  it  the  proof 
of  Yung  Wing's  modesty  and  honestv.  He  therefore  asked  no  more  round- 
about questions,  1)Ut  came  at  once  to  the  business  in  hand,  and  told  him 
what  he  wished  to  do,  and  then  inquired  whether  he  could  go  to  foreign 
countries  and  make  the  necessary  purchases  of  machinery  for  the  work- 
shops it  Avas  ])roposed  to  erect  at  Shanghai.  Yung  Wing  told  him  he 
tlioug'ht  he  could  do  that.  He  remained  at  (^an  King  about  a  month, 
wlien  lie  received  his  commission  to  go  abroad  and  buy  machinery  wher- 
ever he  thought  best,  and  was  at  the  same  time  raised  to  the  brevet-rank 
of  a  prefect,  or  chief  officer  of  a  departnu'ut,  in  the  province  of  Kiang  Su. 
When  all  was  ready,  Yung  Wing  left  China  and  went  tirst  to  London, 
where  he  staid  but  a  short  time,  and  then  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  the  United 
States,  wdiere  he  was  more  at  home  than  in  England,  and  after  due 
inquiries,  and  inspection  of  vai-ious  machine-.shojis  in  this  country,  made 
his  purchases,  and  shipjied  the  machinery  to  Shanghai,  and  soon  followed 
to  make  his  report  and   render  his  account   to  the  govermnent.      W  lien  all 


MKMOJtANUA. 

this  \v;is  (lone,  his  lit'th  laiik  li\  liicNct  was  made  an  active  omv  1)\  the  I'lni- 
pcror,  iind  he  was  gazetted  accordnigl y  in  tlie  'Pekiiiii-  (iazette.'  The 
Imperial  rescript  annonneinji'  this  was  sent  to  me  in  dapaii  liy  Dr.  Williams, 
then  Secretary  and  Interpreter  to  the  American  Legation  ;it  Peking,  ^'uni;' 
Win"-  was  therein  descrilx'd  as  a  man  (ifhio-h  attainments  in  l'(irci:;n  litci-atnr(' 
and  science,  and  also  as  a  man  of  integrity,  as  had  heen  prosed  l'\'  his 
fidelity  in  performinij;-  the  duties  of  his  connnission  to  America,  all  which 
ha'd  been  done  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  H.  I.  Majesty,  and  t'oi-  this  he  had 
received  his  promotion. 

"lie  was  now  in  a,  ])osition  where  he  could  present  his  educational  plan 
to  any  hiyh  oHicial  of  the  empire,  and  he  took  it  to  Tsang  Kwo  Fan,  asking 
him  to  give  it  his  careful  consideration,  and,  if  he  appi-ovc(l  ot'  it,  to 
memorialize  the  ("onncil  of  State  on  the  subject;  but  the  states  of  affairs  in 
China,  in  the  view  of  the  viceroy,  did  not  then  seem  favorable  to  the  carry- 
ing out  of  the  project,  though  he  cordially  aj)])roved  of  the  scheme.  In  ISTO 
a  large  nundjer  of  high  otticials  assend)led  at  Tientsin  to  settle  the  claims 
of  the  French  governuHmt  on  at-comit  of  the  Tientsin  massacre.  Yung- 
Wing  was  sunnnoned  to  meet  them,  but  did  not  arrive  there  mitil  the 
business  was  amicably  concluded.  He,  however,  found  the  great  otKcers 
still  there,  and  to(jk  the  o])porturnt3'  to  lay  before  them  foiu-  propositions  for 
their  ap[)roval  and  adoption.  ( )ne  of  these  was  his  scheme  for  the  education 
of  Chinese  lads  in  this  country.  Another  was  the  ])ro[)osal  to  subsidize 
the  China  Merchants  Steam  Navigation  Company  for  the  transportation 
of  the  tribute-rice  from  the  south  to  Tientsin.  These  and  two  others  were 
considered  and  adojited.  A  school  was  opened  at  Shanghai  for  the  instruc- 
tion of  one  hundred  Chinese  boys  in  English,  preparatory  to  their  lieing  sent 
abroad,  and  after  a  year's  studv  thirty  of  them  were  selected  tln-ongh  a  com- 
petitive examination,  and  sent  to  the  United  States.  The  school  was  then 
filled  up  again,  and  the  same  course  pursued  in  the  three  following  years, 
imtil  one  hundred  and  t\\  entv  lads  had  been  sent  out.  The  "-overnment  set 
a])art,  from  the  Customs  receipts,  a  sufficient  sum  of  money  for  the  purpose, 
and  made  Yung  Wing  the  second  commissioner  for  the  management  of  the 
business,  the  first  being  one  of  the  high  literary  men  of  the  Hanlin  at  Peking, 

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MEMOKANDA. 

in  compliance  with  Yung  Wing's  request.  Both  commissioners,  however, 
received  tlie  same  salary.  The  fruits  of  this  educational  scheme  begin  to 
be  seen  in  this  country.  One  hundred  and  twenty  lads  have  been  sent  liere, 
and  at  the  present  time  one  hundred  and  four  are  at  school  here,  the  head- 
quarters of  the  mission  being  at  Hartford,  Conn.  When  the  Chinese  govern- 
ment in  1878  determined  to  send  ministers  to  Washington,  Yung  Wing  Avas 
appointed  by  the  Empress  Mother  as  Assistant  Minister  Plenipotentiary  and 
Envoy  Extraordinary  to  the  United  States.  I  am  writing  this  account  at 
his  house  in  Washington.  I  see  here  what  except  for  the  Morrison  Educa- 
tion Society  might  never  have  come  to  pass,  and  am  thankful  that  I  live 
to  see  these  results. 

"For  two  years  and  a  half,  1848-51,  I  had  charge  of  an  academy  at 
Rome,  N.  Y.  In  1851  I  resigned  that  })f>st  and  went  to  the  outlet  of 
Owasco  Lake,  near  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  as  pastor  of  a  very  feeble  Reformed 
Dutch  church,  that  promised  to  pay  me  annually,  in  semi-annual  instal- 
ments, the  sum  of  >>232.50  '  to  relieve  me  from  worldly  cares  and  avoca- 
tions.' Of  course  I  had  to  devise  some  means  of  supporting  myself,  and 
accordingly  bought  a  farm  on  the  lake-shore  near  the  church,  and  built  a 
laro-e  house  suited  to  the  accommodation  of  twenty-five  Ijoardiug  pupils. 
Here  I  remained,  with  a  jjarish,  a  farm  and  a  school  to  look  after,  for  eight 
vears.  I  accepted  the  call  of  the  cluirch  because  I  desu'ed  to  work  where 
I  could  ho})e  to  see  the  fruits  of  my  labors  growing  up  around  me.  I 
never  asked  my  parishioners  to  increase  my  salary,  but  I  aimed  from  the 
first  to  lead  them  to  give  to  other  objects.  They  had,  up  to  the  time  of  my 
settlement  among  them,  been  receiving  aid  from  the  Board  of  Domestic 
Missions.  I  insisted  that  this  should  be  stopped,  and  that  I  should  be 
authorized  to  write  to  tliat  Board  that  they  would  thenceforth  contribute  to 
their  funds.  To  this  they  agreed,  and  the  first  year  I  sent  to  the  Board 
$51,  the  next  over  SlOO,  and  so  on  until  the  amount  of  the  church's  con- 
tributions reached  $400  per  annum.  I  also  preached  a  sermon  on  the 
necessity  of  providing  a  more  attractive  and  comfortable  church-building, 
and  called  a  meeting  of  the  parish  to  take  the  matter  into  consideration. 
The  meeting  was  well  attended,  and  to  my  surprise  all  who  were  present 

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MEMORANDA. 

voted,  not  to  enl;ir<^-e  and  cnibellisli  tlie  old  cliurcli,  l)nt  to  l)uild  a  new  one. 
Hiis  was  done,  and  a  new  brick  clmrcli  in  tlio  Norman  style  of  architecture 
was  erected,  and  paid  for  by  the  peo})le.  Tlie  bell  from  the  to\v(;r  of  that 
church  was  the  iirst  ever  heard  calling-  worsiii[)ers  to  the  s])ot. 

"Early  in  1859  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church's  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
determined  to  semi  a  mission  to  .liijiiui,  where  ports  were  to  be  opened  foi- 
trade  with  foreign  nations  in  July  of  that  year.  I  offered  m\seif  as  a 
member  of  the  mission,  and  was  accepted.  I  left  the  Owasco  ()utlet 
Church  with  many  expressions  of  regi'et  on  the  part  of  im-  parishioners, 
and  sailed  for  Shanghai,  China,  in  April,  accompanied  bv^  my  wife,  our 
younger  son,  and  our  two  daughters,  leaving  our  elder  son,  thirteen  years 
old,  in  the  United  States,  to  go  through  college. 

"We  reached  Shanghai  in  October ;  there  I  left  niA- fmnily  and  went 
over  to  Japan  to  prepare  a  place  for  their  reception.  I  arrived  at  Kana- 
gawa- Yokohama  on  the  1st  of  Nov.,  almost  four  months  after  the  opening 
of  the  ports  to  foreign  trade.  My  family  joined  me  on  the  29th  Dec.  fol- 
lowing-. From  that  time  until  last  July  Japan  was  our  residence,  with  the 
exception  of  about  two  years,  from  June  1867  to  August  1869,  when  we 
were  on  a.  visit  to  the  United  States.  To  describe  my  work  in  Japan,  and 
its  results,  and  to  show  the  great  and  various  changes,  political,  social,  and 
religious,  that  have  taken  place  in  that  coimtry  during  the  last  twentv 
years,  is  impossible  here,  except  in  the  merest  outline.  When  I  landed  in 
Japan  the  country  was  almost  entirely  in  the  same  conditicjn  in  which  it 
had  been  for  three  centuries.  The  only  innovation  was  that  three  ports 
had  been  opened  to  foreign  commerce.  At  these  the  number  of  foreigners 
was  very  small,  and  they  were  so  restricted  in  their  movements,  to  those 
ports  and  a  limited  extent  of  the  country  around  them,  as  to  have  produced 
little  effect  iipon  the  Japanese  people  by  their  presence.  Since  then  the 
number  of  ports  of  entry  has  been  more  than  doubled,  and  the  foreign  resi- 
dents have  greatly  increased  in  number.  Twenty  years  ago,  the  old  system 
of  government,  Avith  a  secluded  Emperor  living  at  the  ancient  ca])ital  Kioto, 
and  the  Shogun  at  Yedo,  exercising  most  of  the  powers  of  a  sovereign,  was 
then  in  existence.     The  country  at  large  was  under  the  divided  rule  of 

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MKMdKANDA. 

(laimios  or  fciidnl  haroiis,  with  iiiiuiy  tliDUisaiuls  lA'  t\v()-s\v()i-<l  retainers, 
vvlio  were  supported  hy  tla-ir  lords  and  masters,  and  suljject  to  their 
authority.  All  these  dainiios  were  oblig-ed  to  keep  their  families  at  Yedo, 
under  the  eye  of  the  Shri^ini,  thoUL;h  tlicx'  tlicnisclvcs  couhl  visit  their 
sevei'al  domains,  and  he  abst'ut  iVoui  \'edo  six  UKinths  cju-h  ^■eilr,  or  a 
twcK'cnionth  every  otlier  yeiir.  The  connti'N'  swannctl  with  the  two- 
sword  gentry,  \\ho  were  a  heav\'  incuhus  upon  tlic  nuiss  of  the  ])eople 
below  them,  devourinfj;-  the  fruits  of  the  soil,  ;uid  pro(lueinii' nothing-.  ( )f 
pulilic  schools  there  were  none  exeej)!  a  school  where  the  two-sword  class 
might  study  the  Chinese  Classics,  in  the  city  of  Yedo.  With  few  exceptions, 
the  roads  of  Jajjan  were  mere  bridle-paths.  The  liuddhistic  religion  was 
with  Shintoisni  the  religion  of  the  St;ite  and  richly  endowed  Buddhi.st 
temples  abounded  in  all  parts  of  the  land.  Of  Christianity  the  natives  of 
Japan  knew  scarcely  more  than  the  alarming  traditions  al)out  the  lioman 
Catholic  missionaries,  who  had  been  expelled  from  the  country  two  ;ind  a 
half  centuries  before,  and  the  name  Kiristan  (Christian)  was  uttered  with 
bated  breatli.  In  all  parts  of  the  country  edicts  were  posted  by  the 
government  ofl'ering  rewards  for  the  detection  of  a  Christian,  and  threaten- 
ing the  severest  penalties  for  l)eing  a  Christian,  or  secretly  liarbormg  one- 
"  Such,  in  brief,  A^as  the  state  of  things  that  confronted  the  pioneers  of 
Protestant  missit)ns  in  Japan,  and  for  eig-ht  years  or  more  from  the  time  of 
my  arrival  there  I  knew  of  lint  one  Japanese  wdio  embraced  the  Christian 
faith.  The  first  thing  to  be  done  was,  of  com-se,  to  learn  the  Japanese 
language,  a  task  rentlered  nuich  greater  by  the  fact  that  the  Japanese  had 
from  the  fourth  or  fifth  century  of  our  era  adopted  the  Chinese  written 
characters,  in  their  books,  along  with  their  own  s\llabarv.  There  Avere  no 
foreign  books,  that  would  materially  aid  the  student,  then  in  existence. 
All  the  reallv  valuable  aids  of  this  kind  have  been  produced  by  mission- 
aries, and  by  interpreters  attacheil  to  the  foreign  legations.  One  of  the 
earliest  was  my  work  on  the  colloquial  Japanese,  published  in  1862.  Dr. 
J.  C.  Hepburn  of  the  American  Presbyterian  ]\Iission  has  made  the  best 
Japanese  English  Dictionary  hitherto  printed. 

"  For  about   five    years    I   conducted    the    only   religious   service  for 

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MEMORANDA. 


foreig'iier.-^,  first  whWv  residing  at  Kanag-awM,  iiiid  afterwards,  by  request  of 
some  of  tlie  foreign  nuu-cliants,  at  Yokoluiriui,  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 
Iiarl)or.  1  drew  the  phuis  and  speeifieations  ;md  tlie  conti-nct  for  Imiiiling 
the  first  Protestant  church  erected  at  Yokohauiii,  there  being  then  no 
architect  tliere ;  and  that  is  now  the  Enghsli  Clmrcli  of  that  city. 

"In  1863  I  was  obhged  to  take  up  my  residence  at  Vokoliama,  in  con- 
se(pu^nce  of  an  agreement  nuuUi  l)y  tlie  U.  S.  (\>nsid  with  the  Japanese 
g'overnor.  Here  as  soon  as  possi1)le  I  bouglit  a  h)t  in  the  torcign  con- 
cession, and  liuiU  a  liouse  for  niv  family  to  reside  in.  The  dapanese 
governor,  having-  some  sixty  boys  and  young  men  attaclied  to  the  Custom 
House,  as  student  interpreters,  requested  me  and  three  other  missionaries 
to  give  them  instruction  in  iMiglish.  We  did  so  for  more  than  two  years, 
gratuitously,  each  of  us  devoting  an  hoiu-  a  da\-  to  their  instruction.  One 
of  my  pupils  is  now  the  chief  interpreter  at  the  Foreign  Office  in  the 
capital;  another,  after  coming  to  America  and  going  through  the  scientific 
course  at  Cornell  Universit\-,  is  now  a  |)rofessor  of  Natvu'al  History  in  the 
Imperial  College,  and  curator  of  the  hnperial  Museum. 

"In  Mav  1807  mv  house  was  destroyed  by  five,  with  most  of  its  contents, 
including  all  niv  lilu'ary.  Fortunately  [  had  had  it  insiu-ed  alxiut  five 
months  liefore,  but,  lieing  withont  a  home,  or  books  for  my  studies,  I 
visited  the  United  States  with  my  family.  When  in  the  spring-  of  1869 
I  was  preparing-  to  return  to  Japan"  again,  1  was  invited  by  the  Japanese 
government  to  enter  its  service,  and  go  to  the  new  jxirt  of  Niigata  on  the 
west  coast,  to  open  an  English  school  in  that  town.  With  the  a])])roval  of 
the  Board  of  IMis.sions,  I  acce])te<l  tlie  invitation  and  went  to  Niigata, 
■where  I  opened  the  school  and  remained  nine  months,  when  the  Yokohama 
governor  made  an  arrangement  with  the  governor  of  Nugata  for  me  to 
return  to  Yokohama,  and  open  an  fhiglish  school  there.  I  therefore  went 
back  to  Yokohama.  Here  I  remained  three  years  as  a  teachci-,  and  at  the 
expiration  <if  my  term  of  service  I  built  an  addition  to  the  house  I  had 
erected,  where  at  the  re([Uest  of  a  Japanese  merchant,  and  some  fifteen  of 
my  former  pupils  in  the  government-school,  I  carried  on  the  instruction  of 
the  latter  i\)V  over  two    years.      These   pupils    became   (juite   pi-olicieiit   in 


MEMORANDA. 

their  studies,  and  some  of  tlicni  ai'C  now  nt  tlie  liead  of"  their  classes  in  tlie 
Tokio  University.  Afterwards  I  received  a  nuiulicr  of  ('hristian  voiinj'- 
men  as  pupils,  who  remained  with  me  over  two  yeais,  preparing  to  enter 
our  Missionary  Theological  School  at  the  capital.  I  have  since  had  the 
])leasure,  as  ])resi(lent  of  our  ecclesiastical  l)od\-,  of  licensing  seven  of  these 
A'oung  men  to  preach  the  gospel.  ( )iie  has  become  the  pastor  of  a  ntitive 
church  in  the  interior  of  the  countrx'  where  no  foreigner  can  I'esidc^ ;  one  is 
a  teacher  in  the  Ferris  Seminary  for  younii- ladies  ;it  ^'okohama  ;  one  has 
acted  as  interpreter  for  the  missionar\'  gentlemen  who  are  ap|)ointeil 
professors  in  the  theological  seminary  ;  and  another  is  a  very  excellent  and 
usefid  evano-elist  in  regions  where  missiouaries  cannot  reside.  The  oldest 
man  now  a  native  preacher  in  Japan  was  converted  while  helping  me 
to  translate  the  gospels  into  Japanese ;  he  is  invaluable  as  an  evangelist. 

"  For  tlie  last  four  years  I  have  again  been  in  the  service  of  tlie  Boai'd 
of  Missions,  as  one  of  the  translators  of  the  New  Testament,  receiving  my 
salary  from  the  American  Bible  Society,  and  acting  as  chairman  of  the 
translating-connnittee,  composed  of  representatives  from  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M. 
Mission,  the  Am.  Presb.  Mission,  and  that  of  the  Reformed  ("hurcli  in 
America,  and  working  for  the  American  Bible  Society.  I  had  the  satis- 
faction last  July,  a  few  daj^s  before  leaving  Japan,  of  finishing  the  transla- 
tion of  the  last  book  of  the  New  Testament.  Long  continued  illness  obliged 
me  to  retm-n  to  this  countr^',  where  I  ai'rived  with  my  wife  and  younger 
daughter  Sept.  24,  1879.  There  are  now  probably  4,000  native  Protestant 
Christians  in  Japan.  The  government  has  long  since  ceased  to  prohibit 
and  persecute  the  Christian  faith.  The  policy  now  is  to  let  the  people 
alone,  and  leave  them  to  choose  for  themselves  what  religion  they  will  adopt. 

"The  government  is  concentrated  in  the  hands  of  the  Mikado,  and  the 
court  removed  to  Tokio,  formerly  called  Yedo.  The  feudal  system  is 
abolished,  and  the  feudal  barons  are  now  a  pen.sioned  nobility.  Men 
wearing  two  swords  are  no  longer  seen  in  Ja})an.  A  mmierous  jjolice  is 
posted  in  all  parts  of  the  country,  dressed  in  the  foreign  manner,  and 
uniformed.  Buddhism  is  no  longer  the  state-religion,  and  Shintoism,  which 
is  really  not  a  religion,  is  adopted  in  its  stead.     There  are  one  hundred  and 

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MEMOKANDA. 

fifty -three  iiiitioiuil  l)anks  in  the  country,  orj^uiiized  on  the  Anieric;in  plan. 
A  c'onunon-sehool  system  copied  after  ours  has  been  adopted  by  tlie  Mika- 
do's government,  and  colleges  and  high  schools  are  supported  b}'  it.  A 
wondrous  change  has  come  over  Japan  within  the  last  twenty  years.  Ten 
years  more  will  make  a  still  greater  difference  between  the  condition  of  the 
people  of  Japan  as  it  was,  when  I  first  saw  the  country,  and  that  which  will 
then  be.  1  am  thankful  that  I  was  permitted  to  go  there  when  I  did,  and 
to  be  an  eye-witness  of  the  great  revolution  that  has  taken  place.  It  is  a 
joy  to  me  that  I  have  spent  twenty-nine  years  of  my  life  as  a  jjioneer  worker 
in  (Jliina  and  the  land  of  the  llising  Hun.  All  that  far  East  has  ])egun  to 
move,  and  to  fall  in  with  the  march  of  the  nations  of  the  West.  I  almost 
envv  those  younger  than  myself,  who  will  live  to  see  the  future  advance. 

"Note. — My  jjublications  in  China  and  Japan  were: 

"1.  The  Canton  Colloquial  portion  of  Dr.  James  Legge's  Lexilogus — a 
book  in  English,  Malay,  the  Chinese  literary  style,  and  the  Fohkien  and 
Canton  colloquial  dialects,  designed  for  Chinese  pupils  studying  English. 
This  Avork  was  prepared  during  a  seven  weeks'  visit  to  Malacca  in  1841. 

"2.  An  elementary  work  on  Political  Economy  in  the  Chinese 
language,  published  at  Canton  in  1S47. 

"3.  A  Avork  on  the  Japanese  Colloquial,  comprising  a  treatise  on  the 
grammar  of  the  Japanese  language,  containing  1,270  sentences  in  Japanese, 
with  their  English  equivalents,  and  seven  dialogues  in  Japanese  and 
English. 

"4.  A  translation  of  the  Sei  Yo  Ki  Bun,  an  account  of  the  arrest, 
imprisonment  and  judicial  examination  of  the  Abbe  Sidotti,  an  Italian 
priest  who  landed  in  Japan  in  1709,  and  died  at  Yedo,  in  prison,  after 
seven  years'  confinement.  Published  in  the  Transactions  of  the  North 
China  Branch  of  the  Royal  Asiatic  Society,  at  vShanghai. 

"5.  The  Mastery  System  of  Prendergast  applied  to  the  Japanese  lan- 
guage— intended  to  aid  foreigners  in  teaching  the  English  language  to 
Japanese  learners.  Used  in  the  preparatory  school  connected  with  the 
Tokio  University,  and  in  mission-schools  for  the  Japanese. 

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MEMORANDA. 


"G.  Several  books  of"  tlie  New  Testament  translated  into  Japanese. 

"7.  The  Lives  of  Yung  Wing,  Wong  Sliing  and  Dr.  Wong  Fun,  in 
Ja])anese.  Intended  as  a  stimulus  to  young  men  in  Japan  to  aim  liigli, 
and  to  become  benefactors  of  their  country. 

"<S.  A  tract  'The  Lucky  Loaf;'  and  a  number  of  Hymns  and  Chants 
ill  Japanese,  together  with  the  music  foi-  tlie  same. 

"9.  Also,  a  nundjer  of  articles  published  in  the  Chinese  Repository, 
during  my  residence  in  China." 

[Comrami.  liy  himself,  Feb.,  1880.] 

Dr.  Brown  died  in  Munson,  Mass.,  under  the  roof  of  tlic  widow  of  his  classmate 
Dewey,  June  20,  1880.— E.  E.  S. 


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MI'.MOliANDA. 


BULKLEY,  HENRY  THOMP,  A.M.   isTli. 

From  Fairfield,   Conn. 
Present  address :  II.  T.  Bulklet,  Esq.,  Southport,  Conn. 

"Hemy  Thorp  Bulklov  was  l)oni  at  Mill  River  (now  SoiitliiMirt),  in 
the  town  of  Fairfield,  Conn.,  Jan.  •2."),  1S13;  son  of  Jonathan  and  Miranda 
(11i(.rp)  Bnlkley. 

"A  student  in  Yale  from  1.S2.S  to  1830,  he  was  g-raduated  at  Rutgers 
Colleg'e  in  1832,  and  soon  after  went  into  mercantile  business  in  New  York 
City,  and  subsequently  became  a  memljer  of  his  grandfather's  firm,  E. 
Bulkley  &  Sons,  shippers.  South  st..  New  York.  The  business  was  discon- 
tinued owing  to  the  death  of  some  of  the  partners,  and  to  changes  in  the 
shipping-interests,  and  since  then  Mr.  Bulkley  has  been  in  no  active 
employment.  For  many  years  his  i-esidence  has  been  in  Southport,  Conn. 
He  mai-ried,  Feb.  10,  1862,  Rebekah  Wheeler  Pomeroy,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jainiu  Pomeroy,  Esq.,  of  Stonington,  Conn." 

[Commiiii.  by  a  brother-in-law,  Mec,  181S.] 


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MEMORANDA. 


*BUNKER,  JAMES  MADISON,  A.B.  1832. 

*l.S7o.  From  Nantucket,  Mass. 

"James  Madison  Hunker  was  Iwrn  in  Nantucket,  Mass.,  Mareli  5,  isil, 
and  died  at  the  same  place  Nov.  19,  1873. 

"He  was  educated  as  a  lawyer  at  the  Cambridge  (Mass.)  Law  School, 
where  he  graduated  in  1835.  He  i)racticed  his  iirofcssion  in  liis  native 
town,  and  also  taught  school  there  for  some  years.  He  after waixls  removed 
to  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  where  he  continued  to  practice  law.  He  again 
returned  to  Nantucket,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  wns  Judge  of  the 
Probate  Court.     He  left  several  children." 

[Prom  Obit.  Rec,  etc.,  No.  4  of  the  second  printed  series.] 


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MKMOWANDA. 


*CALHOUN,  ANDREW  PICKENS. 


*1865.  En»n  J'ci/dJrfoii,  S.  (J. 

Andrew  Pickens  Calli(Miii,  tlie  eldest  son  of  Hon.  .lolm  C.  (V.  C.  1804) 
and  Floride  C'allionn,  was  Ixnn  at  Keowee,  the  lionic  of  his  maternal 
grandfather  John  Ewing  Calhonn,  in  Pickens  District,  S.  (J.,  October  15, 
ISll;  and  died  at  Fort  Tlill,  S.  ('.,  March,  IG,  18G5,  "after  an  illness  of 
about  two  hom-s.  He  thus  li\ed  to  the  very  end  of  life  in  its  cares  and 
duties.  Anil  with  him  these  were  never  limited  to  ])ersonal  ends,  but, 
embracing-  a  ^^•ide  circle,  were  well  considered  and  kindly  pursued.  He 
was  th.e  centre  of  valuable  social  benetits  and  iiiHuences.  Few  men  live 
so  nnudi  ujxm  a  plan  as  he  did.  Fewer  still  feel  and  illustrate  so  happily 
the  obligation  of  the  truth  that  'no  man  livetli  to  himself 

"He  had  enjoyed  the  advantages  of  a  college-course,  partly  at  Yale, 
l)nt  chiefl}'  at  the  South  Carolina  College.  Here  he  was  deeniecl  woi-thy 
to  receive  its  highest  honor;  ])ut  a  proposition  to  divide  it  with  another 
was  met  by  his  withdrawal  from  the  competition.  To  a  strong  and  clear 
mind,  improved  by  habitual  culture,  and  invigorated  by  reflection,  he 
added  a  soundness  of  judgment  which  secured  him  success  in  life,  and 
high  })Osition  in  every  sphere  in  which  he  was  placed.  The  eldest  of  a 
tiunily,  the  distinguished  head  of  which  was  absorbed  in  j)nblic  affairs,  it 
became  his  duty  to  engage  actively  in  the  management  of  the  paternal 
estate.  This  gave  him  not  onl\'  an  early  experience  of  usefulness  to 
others,  but  also  direction  to  his  own  pursuits  and  tastes.  He  became  the 
careful,  intelligent  and  prosperous  planter,  for  some  years  in  the  fertile 
fields  of  Alabama,  and  afterwards  in  South  Carolina  ;  diftusing  abundance 

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MEMORANDA. 

and  cniiifort  among"  all  alxmt  liiin,  iiicludliij;'  those  whose  lahoi-  he 
employed.  He  understood  well  the  general  characteristics  of  his  laborers, 
and,  having  a  ready  ])erce2)tion  of  individual  character,  his  nianag-ement 
was  eminently  successful.  His  authority  was  firm  but  mild  ;  his  discipline 
exact,  but  just ;  his  demeanor  friendly  and  kind. 

"He  took  a  deep  interest  in  public  affairs.  His  information  of  events 
was  full  and  accurate,  and  his  spirit  met  the  reijuirements  of  the  times. 
Physical  causes  denied  him  the  ability  to  assmne  a  personal  part  in  the 
late  war;  l)ut  by  his  means,  and  Ijy  his  influence,  he  sustained  nobly  and 
liberally  those  who  took  the  field.  .  .  .  An  earnest  sharei-  in  the  solicitudes 
of  the  times,  public  and  private,  he  never  sought  to  make  the  times  trilui- 
tary  to  his  advancement  or  his  wealth.  .  .  . 

"His  tastes  were  those  of  retirement,  but  not  of  seckision.  He  never 
sought  pviblic  ofKce,  and  declined  permanent  political  relations  ;  but  cheer- 
fully accepted  positions  of  responsibilit}'  and  usefulness,  when  circumstances 
seemed  to  make  them  matters  of  duty.  In  the  progress  of  the  late 
revolution  he  took  his  ])art  in  public  bodies  formed  for  the  guidance  and 
concentration  of  public  sentiment,  manifesting  in  them  his  good  sense, 
firmness  and  independence.  In  ISfiO,  he  was  sent  by  the  Convention  of 
South  Carolina  as  Commissioner  to  the  Convention  of  Alabama,  which 
body  he  addressed  in  rlanuary,  lS(il.  A  cotemporary  notice  of  this 
addi-ess  says:  'The  delicate  and  embarrassing  questions  involved  were 
touched  b^■  him  in  a  manner  to  reflect  the  highest  credit  on  his  taste, 
discretion  and  diplomatic  ability.' 

"In  the  department  of  life  he  had  selected,  he  was  always  ready  to 
afford  the  benefits  of  his  knowledge  and  experience.  His  deep  interest  in 
the  advancement  of  agriculture  and  the  arts  connected  with  it,  was  con- 
spicuous in  the  zeal  and  energy  with  which  he  exercised  the  office  of 
President  of  the  State  Agricultural  Society ;  using  his  high  position  to 
extend  the  usefulness  of  its  annual  fairs,  and  to  direct  attention  to  those 
substantial  advances  of  the  day  by  which  efficiency  and  economy  in 
agricultm-e  are  alike  promoted.  His  sensible  addi-esses  before  that  society 
■will  not  have  been  forgotten.     The  success  which  attended  his  efforts  in 

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this  prinuirv  interest  of  the  Soutli,  will,  we  trust,  in  more  auspicious  times, 
lend  to  iui  emulation  of  the  spirit  he  l)rought  to  it. 

"l>ut  tliev  who  knew  him  iit  his  home  and  in  his  own  fiunil}',  can  hest 
a])preci;itc  his  worth.  Soci;il,  without  faniiliarit}',  lie  nuule  his  liuiisc 
pleasant  and  protitable  to  the  intelligent,  congenial  to  the  ivlincd,  imd 
joyous  to  the  youngc.  The  seat  of  a  refined  hospitality,  it  dwells  in  vivid 
lines  ui)Oii  the  memor\'  of  all  visitors.  Wiirm  in  his  ;iliccti<nis,  lie  was 
con.siderate,  earnest  find  constant  in  his  friendship.  lie  |M>sscssed  gi-cat 
decision  of  character,  hut  never  manifested  temper.  I'ndei-  the  circum- 
stances which  usually  excite  anger,  or  cause  depression,  it  was  his  lialiit 
to  retire,  and  soon  to  resume  his  part  in  business,  or  in  the  family,  with 
his  wonted  cahnness  and  cheerfulness.  To  his  genial  cordiality  he  adde(l 
a  personal  relation  to  every  nieml)er  of  his  faniih'  that  ^\•as  peculiar. 
Always  dianified,  he  was  vet  intimate  with  each.  There  was  a  nearness 
and  tenderness  which  made  him  their  confidant  and  friend.  He  gave  them 
his  sympathy,  not  only  in  the  more  serious  concerns  of  life,  hut  in  the 
incidents  and  minor  cares  which  disturb  equally  the  child  and  the  adult. 
It  was  his  habit  and  his  pleasure,  to  adopt  his  own  expression,  to  help 
them  over  the  shoals  of  life. 

"Mr.  Callionn  was  a  constant  reader  of  the  Holy  I^ible,  and  recom- 
mended its  habitual  use  to  his  family.  The  tenor  of  his  life  gives  assurance 
that  he  desired  and  strove  to  conform  it  to  the  will  of  the  Most  High.  In 
harmonv  with  his  tastes  and  habits,  he  desired  that  his  body  should  repose 
upon  his  farm,  at  a  spot  which  he  designated.  This  spot  had  been  selected 
\>\  his  father  for  the  rejiose  of  his  own  remains.  The  fiither  rests  else- 
where. The  choice  of  the  son  was,  doubtless,  a  pious  tribute  to  the 
memory  of  his  venerated   pai'ent." 

Mr.  Calhoun  was  married,  first,  to  fhigenia  Chappell,  daughter  of  Col. 
.lolm  ( "ha})pell  of  ('oluml)ia.  Miss.,  and,  secondly,  in  Washington  ( 'ity,  on 
the  oth  of  ^[av,  ISHfi,  to  Margaret  Maria,  daughter  of  General  DuH'  (Jreen, 
who  survived  him,  with  fi\-e  sons  and  two  daughters.  Three  sons  and  one 
daughter  have  died  since.  ( )ne  son,  bearing  the  name  of  his  paternal 
grandfather  John  Caldwell,  is  a   large  and  successful  planter  in  x\lal)ania ; 


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MEMORANDA. 

the  remaining  son,  Patrick,  is  a  lawyer  in  Atlanta,  Georgia.  The  last 
named  says  beautifully  of"  his  father's  life  :  "It  was  a  straight,  sniodth  road, 
running  through  a  smiling  country.  While  taking  a  deep  interest  in  public 
affairs,  no  offer  was  temjjting  enough  U>  induce  him  to  leave  the  sweet 
seclusion  of  his  beautiful  and  charming  home ;  and,  while  he  had  read 
both  law  and  medicine,  his  inclinations  never  leil  him  to  practice  either." 

[From  notes  by  a  son,  March,  1880,  and  an  obituary  by  a  friend. — E.  K.  S.J 


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MEMOUANDA. 


*CANFIEL1),  SHERMAN  BOND. 

*1871.  From    Clianhi/,  Ohio. 

"Slieinuui  Hdiid  Caiifield  was  Ixini  on  tlie  "JAtli  day  of  Decern! )er,  ISIO, 
in'  Boiidstowu  (now  Hamden),  Geauga  Co.,  Ohio.  His  father  Norman 
Canfield,  Esq.,  and  his  mother  Mrs.  Susannah  (Bond)  Canfield,  w^ere 
natives  of  Massachusetts,  and  botli  of  Puritan  descent  in  the  direct  line. 
They  were  married  in  Litchtield,  Herkimer  Co.,  N.  Y.  (where  lier  parents 
then  resided),  and  emigrated  to  Boudstown  (named  after  her  family)  in 
Northern  Ohio,  in  1 80G.  He  was  an  affirmative  man,  of  marked  ability, 
always  walking  fviHy  abreast  with  the  best  minds  around  him,  and  by  his 
energy  and  zeal  succeeded,  in  a  great  degree,  in  moulding  that  new  and 
rapidly  growing'  coumiunity  into  the  doctrines  and  faltli  of  his  fathers. 
He  died  at  the  early  age  of  forty-two,  having  discharged  ^^•itll  ability  and 
scrupulous  fidelity  the  duties  of  several  judicial  and  financial  oftices  with 
which  he  had  been  intrusted. 

"Up  to  this  time,  the  opportunities  of  young  Canfield  (now  twelve 
years  old)  to  acquire  knowdedge,  particularly  of  the  classical  sort,  were' 
exceedingly  limited ;  and  his  want  of  early  facilities  no  doubt  very  nuudi 
led  to  the  development  of  that  determination  to  educate  himself,  by  his 
own  industry  and  application,  which  was  a  marked  feature  in  his  subsequent 
life.  Left  now  an  orphan  at  this  tender  age,  his  energies  seemed  to 
increase  \\ith  the  ditHculties  that  surrounded  liini,  and,  availing  himself 
somewdiat  of  the  aid  and  services  of  a  private  teacher,  he  applied  himself 
for  tlu-ee  years,  at  Chardon,  Ohio,  to  the  study  of  tlie  classics,  and  to 
ancient  and  modern  history,  and  the  lives  and  characters  of  eminent  men. 

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"At  the  aj^e  ut"  seventeen,  with  a  mind  now  well  (liscipUucil  and  stored 
with  knowledg'e,  he  entered  tlic  aciMh^nix'  at  r>niton,  (  )liio,  placing' liiniself 
under  the  immediate  care  and  tuition  of  I'rot'.  IumiImmi  Hitchcock,  a 
<i;raduate  of  Vale  College,  an  excellent  mathematician,  wlio  at  once  became 
attached  to,  and  ever  afterwards  took  a  deep  interest  in,  his  pupil.  Aliout 
two  years  later,  on  the  Ktli  day  of  September,  1829,  the  subject  of  this 
notice  became  a  mend)er  of  the  Sophomore  class  at  Yale;  and,  having 
already  read  nearly  all  the  Latin  and  Greek  of  the  course,  and  anticipated 
most  of  tlie  rhetorical  studies,  aided  too  by  his  well  disciplined  mind,  and 
his  peculiar  habits  of  industry,  he  could  not  only  keep  up  with  his  class, 
but  had  much  time  to  devote  to  other  studies  and  pursuits.  He  joined  the 
society  of  '  Brothers  in  Unity,'  and  took  an  active  and  leading  part  in  their 
exercises,  particularly  in  their  debates,  in  which  he  excelled. 

"In  1(S31,  being  then  still  at  New  Haven,  young  Canfield,  after  much 
th(Uight,  research  and  meditation,  acce})ted  the  Christian  religion,  and 
received  Christ  as  his  Saviour.  Prior  to  this  his  mind  had  inclined  to  the 
law  as  a  profession,  for  nhich  his  close  reasoning  and  power  of  analysis 
particularly  fitted  him,  and  in  which  he  would  have  been  eminently  suc- 
cessful ;  Imt  from  this  moment  his  mind  steadily  turned  towards  the 
sacred  ministry. 

"  On  leaving  New  Haven  he  became  a  private  tutor  in  the  family 
of  Hon.  John  S.  Spence,  then  a  member  of  Congress,  and  afterwards 
elected  to  the  United  States  Senate,  residing  on  the  eastern  shore  of 
Maryland.  Here  he  diligently  devoted  his  hours  of  leisure  to  perfecting 
himself  in  studies  not  usually  included  in  academic  and  collegiate  courses. 
Closing  his  engagement  here,  and  now  in  the  twenty-second  year  of  his 
age,  lie  returned  to  his  former  home  in  Northern  Ohio,  where  he  divided 
his  time  Ijetween  Chardon  and  Claridon,  teaching,  and  studying  history 
and  theology. 

"()n  the  nth  day  of  December,  1836,  he  was  licensed  to  preach  the 
Gospel  bv  the  Presbytery  of  Portage,  and  in  May,  1837,  was  ordained  and 
installed  pastor  at  Bainbridge,  Ohio.  He  adopted  the  following  as  the 
motto  of  his  ministry:   'Let  me  jilease  God,  and,  if  men  are  pleased,  well; 


!-) 


MKMOKANUA. 

ii'  not,  well  ;'  ;ni(l  now,  entering;-  u|i(>ii  liis  manhood,  wo  are  iiidccl  l)y  ii  liolit 
;-leaiiiiiiii'  tVoiii  the  ]i;ist,  \'i>v  his  lil'c  proved  tlio  old  adage  true:  'Tlic  diild 
18  fiitlier  of  the  iiuin;'  and,  in  ;iccc|itinn-  ;i  call  to  this  retired  clnncli  in 
which  to  heii'iu  his  ministerial  lidiors,  i-athei'  than  a  more  prominent  posi- 
tion, to  which  amhition  mij^lit  ha\(;  iu\ited  him,  he  exiiihited  that  cantions 
self'-measni'eTnent  so  strikingly  illustrated  throughout  his  life.  On  the 
same  da\-  on  which  he  was  to  deliver  his  inaugural  sermon,  another  dis- 
eimrse  was  to  be  deli\cre<l  in  the  same  house  by  an  able  and  experienced 
minister,  who,  thinking  it  might  be  embarrassing  for  a  \  oimg  man  to  follow 
him,  kindl\-  suggestetl  that  the  latter  might  deliver  his  discourse  in  the 
morning,  and  he  would  follow  him  in  the  atternoon.  'i'he  ]n'opositi<in  was 
accepted,  and  the  '\inuig  man'  delivered  a  discourse  so  deep  in  thought, 
clear  in  analysis,  beautiful  in  language,  and  fluent  in  deliver^',  that,  at  its 
close,  the  elder  nnnister  said  the  tables  were  turned,  that  it  was  himself 
who  was  to  be  eudjarrassed  by  following  the  young  man.  After  a  suc- 
cessful pastorate  of  about  two  years  over  this  church  at  P)aiidjridge,  he 
accepted  a  call  to  a  chiu'ch  in  ( )hio  (Jity,  organized  for  him,  wdiicli  was 
afterwards  merged  in  wdiat  is  now  known  as  the  West  Cleveland  Congre- 
gational Church.  During  this  ])astorate,  in  the  year  1840,  when  Oljerlin 
perfectionism  was  having  such  a  run  in  the  West  as  'to  draw  all  men 
after  it,'  the  subject  of  this  notice  was  appointed  by  the  Presbytery  (which 
ajjpointment  was  endorsed  by  the  Synod  of  the  Western  Reserve)  to  reply 
to  President  Mahan  of  ( )lterlin  College  ;  a  task  wdiicli  he  performed  so  ably 
and  faithfully  as  not  onl}'  to  check,  but  to  turn  back,  the  current  that  was 
so  rapidly  disseminating  the  new  theories  promulgated  by  that  institution. 
That  rei)ly  was  published  in  pamphlet-form  under  the  title  of  'Oberlin 
Perfectionism,'  and  had  a  very  large  and  general  circulation  throughout 
the  Western  Reserve. 

"In  1844  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  Second  Presbyterian  cluu-ch  in 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  was  installed  pastor  on  the  3d  day  of  September  of 
that  }'ear.  This  ^^•as  a  very  successful  pastorate  of  about  ten  years  ;  during 
which  he  prepared  and  delivered,  by  request,  an  exhaustive  lecture  on  the 
'Life  and  Character  of  (Oliver  Cromwell,'  showing-  a  wonderful  knowleda-e 

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MKMOKANDA. 

of  the  history  of"  tho«e  times,  and  of  the  antecedents  and  ni(iti\('s  of  tliat 
remarkable  man.  This  lecture  was  also  ])ublished  in  pamphlet-form,  and 
had  a  very  large  circidation.  He  was  also  selected,  by  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  Presbytei-ian  Church  in  the  United  States,  to  deliver  a 
discourse  on  Presbyterianism  at  the  then  next  General  Assembly ;  which 
was  published  in  the  minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  and  was  a  paper 
of  great  clearness  and  i)ower. 

"In  1854  he  received  and  accepted  a  call  to  the  First  Presbyterian 
church  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  and  was  installed  pastor  in  September  of  that 
year;  and  soon  afterwards  Hamilton  College  conferred  upon  liim  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Divinity,  an  honor  most  worthily  bestowed.  Dr.  Canfield 
had  now  arrived  at  the  fulness  of  his  manhood  and  ministerial  powers, 
and  entered  uj)on  a  field  sufficiently  broad  for  their  full  exercise.  The 
central  position  of  the  church,  and  the  learning  and  high  character  of 
the  pastors  of  the  surrounding  churches,  as  well  as  the  classical  and  theo- 
logical institutions  on  either  side,  made  it  indispensably  necessary  that 
its  pastor,  in  order  to  maintain  his  position,  should  be  a  man  of  peculiar 
tact,  talent,  culture  and  learning.  Dr.  Canfield  was  equal  to  the  task. 
Thoroughly  schooled  in  theology,  familiar  with  ancient  and  modern  history, 
learned  in  the  classics,  and  practised  in  debate,  he  was  never  taken  by 
surprise,  but  ^^•as  always  read}'  for  and  ecpial  to  any  emergency,  how- 
ever sudden.  In  pronunciation  he  was  peculiar,  always  seeking  and  u.sing 
that  which  was  right  rather  than  that  which  was  popular.  He  made  the 
studv  of  the  meaning  of  words  a  specialty,  and  used  only  those  which  wei*e 
necessary  and  Ijest  calculated  to  bring  out  clearly  the  ideas  he  wished  to 
convey.  As  a  sermonizer,  he  was  clear,  concise,  logical  and  convincing ; 
drawing  readily  and  aptlv  on  history  for  illustrations  to  elucidate  his 
subject.  Even  in  the  most  intricate  discoiirse  he  kept  his  pathway  illu- 
minated, as  he  progressed  step  by  step.  It  was  the  custom  of  the  early 
sm-veyors  of  this  country,  when  survepng  dense  forests,  to  cut  away 
enough  of  the  underbrush  and  trees  to  let  the  sunlight  in  upon  their  line; 
this  they  called  'bushing  the  line.'  So  C^anfield  always  bushed  his  line. 
He  understood  the  Book  of  Discipline  well,  was  a  thorough  disciplinarian, 

Si 


MEMORANDA. 

;iii(l  both  ;i  leader  and  a  liL;ht  in  the  judicatures  of  the  churcli  (if  wliicli 
ho  was  often  a  member,  lie  was  conscit'ntiou.sly  lioiiest  in  liis  ()])inions, 
indef'ati<i-ii,ble  in  researcli,  strong-  in  bis  convictions,  iind  bobl  and  Icinb'ss 
in  tlie  ;uniunciiiti<in  of  trutb.  IFewas  a  I'aitbt'ul  nuinstc^r.  His  was  no 
teninorizinj^-  jiatriotisni  ;  l)ut,  wlicn  tbc  \\ar  of  the  Kclicllinn  came,  be 
struck  out  boblly  for  tlie  Union.  He  was  apt  at  repartee,  and  possessed  a 
ready  and  refined  wit.  ( )n  one  occasion,  wbcn  be  was  of  a  very  Uijlit 
iiiiurc,  be  and  Uev.  Henry  Ward  Beeeber,  witb  sescral  otber  enilncnt 
divines,  wen;  at  tlie  (Mifton  Spriiii^s  to<.;'etIier ;  and  ^fr.  I'eecber,  strong  and 
rol)nst,  canglit  Inni  up  in  bis  arms,  and  was  running  rapidly  down  tbe 
veranda  witb  liim,  to  tbe  great  amusement  of  bimself  and  otbers  ;  wlien 
Dr.  Canfiebl  suddenly  cbecked  tbe  merriment  by  exclaiming:  'A  triumpli 
of  matter  over  mind!'  After  tbe  close  of  tbe  Mexican  war,  a  returned 
general  officer,  who  had  taken  part  in  every  battle,  from  tbe  Rio  Grande 
to  tbe  city  of  Mexico,  was  introduced  to  Dr.  Canfiel(b  and,  after  a  con- 
versation of  several  hours'  b^ngth  witli  In'm,  said  to  tlie  writer  that  lie 
wished  to  meet  him  again  'in  order  to  learn  more  alxiut  tbe  Mexican  war.' 
In  society,  his  refined  wit,  good-humor  and  abundant  fund  of  anecdote 
made  him  the  light  of  tbe  circle. 

"His  })astorate  was  a  sxiccessful  one  until  his  constitution,  always 
delicate,  began  to  yield  to  tbe  pressure  of  tbe  arduous  duties  devolving 
iipon  him.  In  1865,  the  society  liaving  given  him  leave  of  absence,  he 
made  tbe  tour  of  Europe  witb  his  family,  but  returned  with  health  only 
partially  restored.  Previous  to  this  his  sermons  had  been  decidedly  of  a 
logical  character ;  but,  on  returning  to  his  people  after  one  of  his  rests,  he 
prefaced  bis  morning-discourse  by  saying  :  'Henceforth  I  shall  try  to  preach 
to  you  Jesus.'  From  this  time  forward  bis  life  was  a  constant  struggle 
with  disease,  and  most  nobly  did  he  fight  the  battle,  contesting  every  inch 
of  ground,  beating  back  the  insidious  foe  with  one  hand,  and  holding  aloft 
the  banner  of  the  Gospel  with  the  other.  As  his  physical  powers  gradually 
lessened,  his  mind  seemed  to  grow  brighter  and  brighter,  so  that  his  last 
mental  efforts  were  the  most  brilliant  of  his  life. 

"But  he  was  imwilling  to  hold  his  position,  after  his  health  had  become 


MEMOKANDA. 

SO  lin})aire(I  that  lie  could  no  lono^er  faitlifulh'  discliiiroe  its  duties,  and  late 
ill  tlio  year  ISTO  lie  toiidcvcd  his  resignation.  This  was  accepted  with 
iiiiich  regret,  and  only  upon  the  condition  that  he  should  receive  from  the 
society  an  annuity  of  twelve  hundred  dollars,  so  long  as  he  should  live. 
The  proceedings  in  the  I'lesbytery  on  the  occasion  of  his  resigning  his 
charge  Avere  not  only  very  solemn  and  interesting,  luit  clearly  showed 
tlnit  he  held  a  deep  place  in  the  esteem  and  affection  both  of  his  cjnircli 
iind  congfreyation  and  of  liis  ministerial  brethren  in  Central  New  York. 

"Early  in  1S71  he  sought  relief  from  his  maladies  by  joimieying  in 
the  West,  anil,  on  being  the  guest  of  Rev.  Mr.  Nott  of  St.  T^ouis,  preached 
in  his  church,  on  Sabbath  morning  March  5th,  a  most  powerful  sermon. 
This  was  the  last !  It  was  the  fitting  close  of  an  eminently  faithful  and  suc- 
cessfid  ministry.  His  work  was  done,  all  done,  well  done.  After  the  shadows 
of  the  evening  of  that  eventfid  day  had  curtained  the  earth,  and  as  he  qiiietly 
and  jieacefully  retired  to  rest,  his  bright  spirit,  no  longer  bound  to  earth 
by  that  frail  body,  as  quietly  and  peacefully  took  its  departure,  and  the 
soul  of  Canfield  went  home  to  heaven.  His  remains  were  brought  back 
to  his  home  in  Syracuse  ;  where  his  afflicted  people  assembled,  and,  i)i 
resolutions  prepared  by  the  chaimian  of  a  committee,  expressed  their 
ardent  love  for  him,  and  deep  sorrow  at  their  loss,  and  their  jiro found 
respect  for  and  sweet  recollections  of  him.  ( )ii  the  Htli  of  the  same  month 
his  obsequies  were  attended  in  the  beautiful  church  in  which  he  had  so 
long  preached ;  and  the  large  edifice  was  filled  to  overflowing  by  his 
bereaved  friends — nearly  if  not  all  the  clergy  of  the  city,  together  with 
delegations  from  Hamilton  College,  Auburn  Theological  Seminary,  the 
city  of  Utica,  and  many  other  places  in  Central  NeAv  York,  being  present. 
After  the  solemn  and  imposing  services,  the  remains  were  laid  away,  by 
gentle  hands,  in  the  beautiful  shades  of  Oakwood,  there  to  lie  until  sum- 
moned to  the  First  Resurrection.  A  beautiful  tablet  in  the  cliurch  bears 
an   nppropriiite  inscription  to  his  memory. 

"His  wife,  IMrs.  Sarah  Winston  Canfield,  and  tv.o  sons,  Sherman  I), 
and  Edward  IL,  survive  him." 

[Coiiumiii.  by  an  intimate  fi-ienil,  April,  1S79.] 
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JIKMOKANDA. 


*CAPEIiT()N,  ALLEN  TAYLOR,  A.B.  1832. 

*1<S76.  Fmin' Moniue  Co.,  Virginia. 

"Allen  Taylor  Oiniertdii,  son  of  TTiig-li  and  Jane  Caperton,  of  an 
old  Virginia  family,  was  born  in  Union,  Moxn-oe  Co.,  Va.,  Nov.  21,  1810. 
His  ancestors  on  the  paternal  side  were  English,  and  on  the  maternal 
Scotch.  His  great  graiidpan^nts  on  both  sides  were  among  the  earliest 
settlers  on  the  headwaters  of  the  Kanawha;  and  the  grand  old  monntain- 
scenery  of  the  Allegiuuiies — uniting  a  hold  freedom  with  picturesque 
heauty — seems  to  have  made  its  ennohling  and  purifying  impression  upon 
his  mind  and  character,  from  early  years.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  went 
to  lluntsville,  Ala.,  for  scho(d-instructioii ;  afterwards,  he  was  for  a  time  in 
the  University  of  Virginia;  lie  entered  Yale  as  a  Junior  in  LSoU-l.  After 
graduation,  he  studied  law  under  the  late  Judge  Briscoe  Baldwin  of 
Staunton,  Va.,  was  admitted  to  the  liar  in  1834,  began, the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  his  native  town,  and  rose  rapidly  in  public  confidence  as  a 
counsellor,  advocate  and  man,  though  removed  bv  afHuence  from  the 
necessity  of  pursuing  any  profession  as  a  means  of  livelihood.  Ju  1,S41, 
at  the  solicitation  of  friends  and  neiglibors,  he  took  a  |)art  in  politics,  and 
was  elected  to  the  House  of  Delegates  of  his  native  State;  in  1844  he  was 
made  State  Senator:  both  positions  he  repeatedly  held,  later,  up  to  ISGO. 
In  1850,  he  was  a  mend.)er  of  the  Convention  assembled  for  a  revision  of 
till'  Constitution  of  the  State  of  Virginia.  He  was  also  a  memlier  of  the 
Virginia  Convention  of  1S()1,  and  came  into  that  bod\'  eaniestK  opjiosed 
to  a  separation  of  the  States,  being  ardently  and  devotedly  attached  to  the 
Union  :  ;ind  he  was  instrumental  in  inaugm'ating  the  Peace  Cong-ress.     But 

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MEMORANDA. 

wlicn  tlic  iiKiiiitciiaiice  of  tlie  Union  l)v  force  of  arms  came  to  be  in  ques- 
tion, he  felt  it  liis  duty  to  follow  the  fortunes  of  his  native  State.  Fioni 
l.S()2  to  1805  he  was  elected  by  the  lA^yislature  of  Virginin  to  be  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Confederate  vStates  Senate.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  returned 
to  liis  home,  accepted  the  result  in  good  faith,  and  resumed  the  practice  of 
his  profession,  devoting  much  of  his  time  and  energies,  as  in  the  past,  to 
the  opening  and  develoj)ing-  of  tlie  resources  of  West  Virginia,  where,  ])y 
the  creation  of  this  new  State,  his  own  honu^  was  cast,  on  a  hirgc  landc(l 
estate  which  he  had  iidierite<l  at  the  death  of  his  father,  in  the  year  1S47. 
In  ISTf)  he  was  almost  unaniuiously  elected  to  the  I'liited  States  Senate. 
His  death  occurred,  suddenly,  at  Washington,  on  tiie  2(ith  of  duly,  ISTC, 
near  the  close  of  a  long  and  toilsome  session,  while  devoted  to  the  conmion 
welfare  of  the  whole  Republic,  ami  enjoying  the  respect  and  affectionate 
reo-ard  of  all  his  associates. 

"He  was  married,  in  the  twenty-second  year  of  his  age,  to  Miss  Harriet 
Echols,  whose  acquaintance  he  made  w  hile  a  student  at  Yale,  who  survived 
him,  with  six  children. 

"His  career,  so  full  of  manifestations  of  [)ublic  esteem,  gives  evidence 

of  rare  mental   and  moral   endowments His  intellect  was   active, 

acute  and  vigorous,  with  a  substratum  of  sln-cwd  and  masculine  common 
sense,  wliich  ct>nstituted  liim  a  wise  and  sagacious  counsellor.  He  had 
imaginative  powers  superadded,  wliicli  gave  fervor  and  earnestness  to  his 
convictions,  and  made  him  an  able  and  often  an  clocpient  advocate  at  the 
bar,  on  the  hustings,  and  in  the  Senate.  His  culture  was  liljeral,  and, 
while  his  stud}'  of  his  profession  and  of  political  science  did  not  rank 
him  with  the  most  learned  and  profound  lawyers  of  the  country,  yet  he 
was  most  efficient  in  the  conduct  of  his  cause,  very  successful  in  the 
management  of  business,  eminently  safe  as  an  advisor,  and  an  able 
public   servant. 

"In  the  very  depths  of  his  soul  he  was  l)rave,  disinterested,  generous 
and  true.  He  was  sincere  and  constant  in  his  friendships;  open,  manly 
and  inag-nanimous,  thouah  stern  and  resolute,  to  his  foes.  Deceit  could  not 
cross  the  confines  of  a  heart  whose  inmost  citadel  was  held  1)y  honor  and 

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truth.  He  was  frank  and  candid,  ;ind  in  his  wofd  alisdhitc  rchjiiice  was 
reposed:  for,  as  Iiis  sincerity  wiis  un(h)ul»t(Mh  sd  his  courjij^c^  was  a,  ])]ed<i'0 
to  make  it  yood  to  his  friend  or  against  his  (ippdncnt. 

"To  these  sterling'  and  nuinly  virtues  was  united  all  the  gentleness  of  a, 
tciiider  and  hiving-  nature*.  'J'o  his  friends  his  society  was  a  genial  sunshine, 
tiood  sense,  with  \\'\t  and  lunnor;  carncistness  ot  purpose,  with  ])ereiniial 
pleasantry;  the  manly  activities  of  a  firm  ;nid  resolute  nature,  with  a  taste 
for  poetry  ;nid  nuisic  ;  gentle  loves  and  jirdcuit  friendships,  in  the  midst  of 
the*  tierce  struggles  with  adverse  fortune  or  malign  infiucnces — these  were 
nn'ngled  in  beautiful  proportions  on  the  page  of  his  histiu'v. 

"His  mountain-home  was  a  seat  of  hospitality  where  his  guest 
forgot  it  was  not  his  own,  or  only  recalled  it  as  he  admired  the  easy  free- 
dom nnd  graceful  dignitv  of  a  host  who  Ijanished  all  formality,  in  the  noble- 
ness of  his  welcome  and  the  simplicity  and  generosity  of  his  entertainment. 

"He  had  the  warmest  sympathies  for  his  own  peoj)le.  'The  short  Ijut 
simple  annals  of  the  poor'  ever  found  his  ear  attentive.  Their  early  tradi- 
tions, their  homeh'  thoughts,  their  sturd}'  and  healthful  sentiments,  heheard, 
appreciated  and  cherished.  To  his  ecpials  he  seemed  jinnul  and  reserved, 
until  friendship  melted  the  surface,  beneath  wliich  was  the  warm  current 
of  his  atfections ;  l)ut  he  was  never  haughty  to  tlie  lowlv,  the  poor,  or  the 
helpless.  To  these  he  was  gentle,  tender,  and  sympathetic;  so  that  ])o])u- 
larity  followed  liim  unsought.  He  charmed  childhood  b\  In's  ]ilMyfulness ; 
won  the  esteem  of  the  gentler  sex  Ijy  his  attractive  manners,  his  cordial 
deference,  his  genuine  respect;  and  his  chivalrous  courtesy  and  manhood 
})aid  homage  to  his  liberality,  his  courage,  his  honesty,  his  magnaninn'ty, 
and  his  good  sense. 

"In  his  own  household — I  pause  upon  its  sacred  threshold  but  to  utter 
one  word.  As  husband  and  father  lie  merited  the  grief  which  can  only  be 
assuaged  by  Him  whose  promise  is  sure,  to  be  the  husband  of  widowhood 
and  tlie  fsither  ot'  orphanage. 

"As  a  public  man,  he  was  animated  by  a  high  public  spirit,  lending 
his  aid  to  all  schemes  which  would  benefit  and  advance  the  interests  of  his 
comnnniity,  In's  State,  and   his  countrx-,  in   its  largest  sense. 

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MEMORANDA. 

"He  was  a  Whig  in  ])()litics  in  early  life,  and  adlicn-eil  lu  tliat  |)arty 
until  18G0  with  consistent  and  unshaken  tidehty 

"But  Mr.  Caperton  was  no  visionary  or  dreamy  abstractionist.  His 
mind  was  sagacious  and  practical.  In  the  overtlirow  of  tlie  (Jonfederacy 
he  saw  the  divine  decree  that  the  future  fortunes  of  tlie  Houtli  were  bound 
up  in  the  restored  Union  under  its  ( Constitution,  and  tliat  duty  demanded 
of  him  to  devote  liis  future  life  t<i  building  up  the  waste  jdaces  of  his  own 
loved  land,  to  repairing  the  breaches  in  the  Federal  system,  and  to  pi-duiot- 
ing  the  liberty  and  the  progress  of  the  people  of  the  i-(^-united  States. 

"He  fell  at  the  j)ost  of  his  dutv,  and  has  left  to  his  friends  and  to  his 
countrymen  a  name  without  a  stain,  a  character  for  spotless  and  lofty 
integrity,  aiul  the  perpetual  memory  of  a  noble  and  honoi'able  life." 

[Abr.  from  Memorial  Addiesses  on  the  Life  and  (character  of  Allen  T.  Caperton  .  .  .  especially,  the 
address  of  Mr.  Tucker  of  Virginia,  publ.  by  order  of  Congress,  Washingtou,  1877. — K.  K.  S.] 


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MJOMOKAiNDA. 


CARRINGTON,  EDWAIHK   \M.   isTii. 

I''ntiii  Providence,  B.  I. 
Present  adilicss  :  E.  Carrington,  Es(|.,  Proviileiice,  R.  I. 

"Kdward  CaiTing-ton,  son  of  ({eneral  Edward  and  T^orania  (Ilupjtin) 
Carriniiton,  was  born  in  Providence,  R.  T.,  May  10,  iSl;).  lie  was  an 
only  son,  and,  after  the  death  of  a  twin  sister  at  air  early  aj>'e,  the  only 
cliild,  of  his  parents.  Was  sent  to  school  at  Middletown,  (Itnni.  After 
leavini;-  Yale,  lie  was  oi-aduated  at  Middlelinry  College  in  1832.  (  )h  his 
return  to  Providence  he  followed  the  btisiness  of  his  father,  as  an  East- 
India  tea-merchant;  and,  when  liis  fatlier  died,  inherited  from  liim  a  very 
large  fortune.  Pie  married,  Feb.  22,  IS-H,  Candace  C,  daughter  of 
Sidlivaii  Dorr  of  Providence,  one  of  three  sisters  celebrated  for  queenly 
beaut\-,  wit  and  sense ;  and  has  liad  two  children,  a  dattghter,  and  a  son 
Edward,  both  of  whom  are  living.  For  some  years  past,  Mr.  Carrington 
has  lived  retired  from  society,  seldom  even  leaving  his  house." 

[Oommim.,  Dec,  187!!.] 


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MKMOK'ANHA. 


CAKRUTJI,  JAMES  HAIUIISON,  A.B.  18;}2. 

Frmii   ThUippsUm,  Mass. 
rresL'iit  address  :  liuv.  Trol.  J.  11.  Cakkl'th,  Lawrence,  or  Topt-ka,  Kansas. 

James  llarrisuu  ('iirrutli  was  born  uii  the  lOtli  of  Ful).,  ISOJ,  in  I'hilipp.s- 
toii,  Worcester  Co.,  Mass.  His  father  was  a  farmer,  and  lie  \\'as  tlie  eldest 
of  seven  clnldren.  He  was  fitted  tVir  college  at  Auilicist  Academy,  entered 
Amherst  Colleiic  in  tlie  fall  of  IS'Jd,  and  left  early  in  1  S2S.  In  Fek,  1830, 
he  entered  tlie  Sophomore  Class  at  Yale.  After  yra<luation  he  tanght 
three  years;  then  studied  theology,  two  years  at  Aubm-n,  N.  Y.,  and  one 
year  in  New  Haven  ;  and  taught,  preached,  and  took  daguerreotypes,  mostly 
in  the  State  of  N.  York,  till  the  spring  of  IS")!;.  In  jMay,  ISSG,  he  went  to 
Kansas,  and  'squatted'  near  Usawatomie,  whicli  lie  saw  l)urnt.  V\\\\\  some 
help  he  preempted  a  ([uarter-section,  got  some  cows,  and  lived  as  lie  cordd 
for  seven  years.  In  the  spring  of  18(!3  \w  went  to  IJaldwin,  and  was 
Profes.sor  of  Natural  Sciences  in  Baker  rniversit\-,  a  Aoung  Methodist 
institution,  nearly  three  years,  after  wliicli  lie  was  (hsmissed  to  make  room 
for  a  Methodist.  In  the  fall  of  lS(i(i  he  renio\ed  to  Lawrence,  and  since 
that  time  his  work  has  been  mostly  miscellaneous- — writing  for  tlie  '('liiirch 
Union,'  for  a  grange-paper  articles  on  botam-,  a  lecture  on  the  claims  of 
women  to  vote,  studying,  writing  and  deli\'ering-  lectures  on.  Spiritualism, 
etc.  For  some  time  past  he  has  been  studying  tlie  botany  of  Kansas,  and 
making  a  collection,  and  witli  the  lielp  of  correspondents  has  brought  the 
catalogue  of  Kansas  j)lants  up  to  the  numlier  of  l,l.')(l — in  a  paper  prepared 

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lor  the  Kau.sii.s  Acadeiu)'  of  (Science— liopiiiy  to  contiuiie  the  work,  and   tu 
})repare  a  Flora  of  Kansas.* 

He  was  married  in  Se])t.,  1841,  to  Miss  Jane  Grant  of  Htenben  (Jo., 
N.  Y.,  and  lias  had  two  (huigliters  and  five  sons,  tlie  eldest  and  \'oiuigest  of 
whom  died  in  infancy.  A  daughter  and  two  sons,  still  livinf^-,  are  luiinicd, 
and  he  has  a  f^Tandson.  His  Avife  died  in  March,  \X1F>.  Except  ;i  tluoh- 
l)inii-  in  tlie  liead,  immediately  consequent  npoii  too  close  aiiplication  to 
botanical  stndies  in  1S7(>,  he  is  well,  and  c;ni  handle  a  Hail,  or  a  hoe,  as 
well  iis  he  could  fifty  years  ago,  and  can  easily  walk  twenty  miles  in  a  day. 

*  Later  inforiiiiitioii  brings  the  Flora  <if  Kansas,  as  idciititicil  liy  ^Ir.  t'arnitli,  U])  to 
the  number  t)1'  al)()ut  1,270;  and  he  has  been  lately  engaged  in  arranging  and  classifying 
a  collection  of  tlie  birds  of  the  State. 

[From  a  coiiiinun.  Ipy  liiinsolf,  Feb.,  187!). — E.  E.  S.] 


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*CARVEK,   ROBERT. 

*1863.  Fio)ii   Tdiiiifdi/,  Mass. 

Rol)ert  Civrvcr,  son  of  David  and  TJ^•dia  (Dean)  Carver,  and  a  lineal 
descendant  of  tlie  first  (iovernor  of  Plvmoiith  Colony,  was  l)orii  in  Taunton, 
Mass.,  Apr.  22,  1810.  He  entered  Yale  Colle^-e  in  1.S2S,  ]n\t  was  nradnated 
in  the  Class  of  IS,").'!.  He  stndi('(l  tlieology  at  Andover,  Mass.,  and  was 
ordained  pastor  of  the  Conoreyational  cluircli  in  Berlin,  Mass.,  in  1S38; 
where  he  remained  till  184.'!.  In  1S47  he  was  installed  pastor  of  the  Con- 
gregational ehurch  in  Rayidiani,  near  l\iunton.  He  represented  the  town 
of  Raynham  in  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts  in  1X57,  and  afterwards 
supplied  the  ]iulpit  of  a  small  cliurch  in  Fraidclin,  Mass.,  where  he  had  l)een 
about  a  year,  when  in  dune,  1S(;1,  he  accepted  the  position  of  C]ia})lain  in 
the  Seventh  Regiment  of  Mass.  Volunteers,  and  entered  upon  his  work 
in  that  capacity  with  earnest  patriotism  and  devoTit  tlianksgiving.  In  the 
summer  of  1X02  he  was  attacked  with  (•In-onic  diarrhoea,  by  which  in  Jan., 
1863,  on  a  visit  to  Washington  on  lousiness  for  the  regiment,  he  was  finally 
prostrated.  He  was  removed  to  ( )rient,  L.  I.,  the  home  of  his  wife,  and 
died  there  P^eb.  28,  18(!3.  Among  his  last  words  were  :  "If  the  Lord  has 
no  more  work  for  me  to  do,  I  have  nothing  to  sav." 

He  was  married  ()ct.  Id,  1.S4."),  to  .Jane  V>.,  widow  of  liev.  S.  B. 
Ingram,  and  daughter  of  Rev.  Daniel  Beers  of  Orient,  who  survived  him. 
He  left  no  children. 

[Mostly  abr.  from  Third  Record  of  the  Class  of  1833  in  Yale  College.— E.  E.  S.] 


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*CHAPPELL,  FRANKLIN. 

*1849.  From  New  London,  Conn. 

"Frauklin  Cliaj)}K'll,  eldest  son  of  P^zra  and  >\'caltliy  ( 'lia|i|)cll,  was 
born  in  New  London,  ( 'onn.,  ( )ct.  10,  ISl)};  married  Nov.  10,  1S41,  at 
Canipello,  Mass.,  Hannali  S.,  dangliter  of  Rev.  Daniel  llinitini;t(in  ;  and 
died  at  New  London  Fel).  IN,  1S4!I,  leaving-  thi'ee  sons,  now  livinj^-  in 
New  London." 

[Letter  by  a  son.] 

•'He  Avas   in   the  lumber-business  in  New   London   foi-  many  years." 

[Commun.] 


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MEMORANDA. 


CLiVY,  CASSIUS  MAUCKLLUS,  A.15.   l.s;{2. 

Fro)u  Madisou  Co.,  Ki/. 
Present  address:  Hon.  C.  M.  Clay,  White  Hall  P.  ().,  Madison  (\>.,  Ky. 

"Oassius  Man-ellus  Clay,  sou  of  Gen.  ({reen  and  Sally  (I^ewis)  Clay, 
was  l)(ii-n  in  Madison  Co.,  Kentucky,  IDtli  ( »(t.,  ISIO.  He  was  educated 
in  Latin  bv  .losliua  Fry  of  Garrard  Co.  in  liis  native  State,  wlioni  lie  fol- 
lowed to  Centre  ( '()lleij;(',  Kcntiick)- :  tlien  studied  French  at  St.  Joseph's 
('ollege  with  a  native  French  priest  Fouche.  He  entered  Transylvania 
University,  and  was  on  the  eve  of  yvaduation,  when  President  Alva  Woods 
left  for  the  University  of  Alabama,  b\'  whom  lie  was  offered  a  professorship 
in  that  institution,  but  he  (hjclined  it.  After  this  he  entered  the  Junior 
Class  at  Yale  in  1830,  and  was  graduated  there  in  covu-se,  readini;-  at  ( 'om- 
mencement  a  dissertation  '<)n  the  Character  of  Daniel  Boon.'  J)uring-  his 
Senior-year  he  was  chosen  h\  the  students  to  deliver  an  oration  on  the 
centennial  anniversary  of  the  birth-day  of  Washington,  afterwards  ])ub- 
lished  in  'Clay's  Speeches  and  Writings,'  New  Y'ork,  ls4s.  In  ]S;5.3  he 
mari'ied.  He  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  Kentucky, 
from  Madison  Co.,  in  iS.'jo,  and  again  in  1S.')7,  advocating  free  schools, 
internal  im|)rovenients,  and  an  improved  jur\-SAstciii.  Ivemoving  to 
Fayette  Co.  and  the  city  of  Lexington,  he  was  again  chosen  Representative 
in  1S40.  '^riie  same  year  he  was  made  a  delegate  to  the  National  A^'hig■ 
Convention  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  wdiich  nominated  Harrison  and  Tyler  for 
President  and  Vice-President  of  the  United  States.  In  1<S41,  declaring  for 
the  freedom  of  the  slaves,  he  was  not  sent  to  the  Legislature.  In  184.")  he 
commenced  the  'True  xVmerican,'  in  favor  of  gradual  emancipation ;  and 

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wliat  an  iiiie(]iial  strife  liu  iiiaiutaiued,  attoiided  by  iiioltltiiig  ot'tlu;  press,  etc., 
and  liow  lie  liiially  triiiiHi)lied,  is  matter  of  puljlie  liistury.  Uii  the  7tli  of 
June,  1S4(I,  lie  viduiitccred  for  the  Mexican  war,  and  was  chosen  Captain 
of  tlie  'Old  Infantry,'  now  made  m<»nnted  men;  was  captui'e<l  at  l'>ncarnu- 
(;ion,  on  a  scoiitiny  expedition  ;  al'tei- having  saved  his  men  from  massacre 
at  Saltillo  was  taken  to  Mexico,  refused  to  join  in  an  escape  Ijy  violation 
of  pande,  and  was  carried  to  'l^dnca,  from  whence  he  was  returned  to 
General  Scott,  on  parole,  to  l)e  excdiangeil  (with  his  men)  after  tlu^  captnre 
of  Mexico.  At  the  close  of  the  war,  in  Dec,  1847,  lie  returned  to  Lexing- 
ton, receiving  an  extraordinary  ovation.  In  1851  he  became  a  candidate 
for  the  governorship  of  Kentucky,  and  hiY.ke  doAvn  foi-ever  tlie  Whig  party 
of  the  State,  hut  was  beaten  on  account  of  his  anti-slavery  ojunions.  He 
acted  with  the  Free  Soilers  in  LSaG,  supported  Lincoln  in  ISdO,  and  was 
by  him  promised  the  post  of  Secretary  of  War,  which  he  lost  through 
political  chicaTierv,  though  he  had  stt)od,  next  after  Handin,  the  highest  in 
the  vote  for  nomination  as  Vice-President,  at  the  ( 'hicago  ( 'onvcntion. 
lie  was  made  Minister  to  S|(ain,  but  refuseil  the  apjiointment  :  then  Minis- 
ter to  Russia.  But  meanwhile,  the  civil  war  having  begun,  he  defended 
Washington,  as  ^lajor  of  Volunteers,  till  the  troops  from  New  York  and 
Massachusetts  arrived;  and  was  for  this  service  presented  with  a  jiistfd  by 
tlie  President,  through  the  Secretary  of  War ;  and  was  offered,  but  declined, 
the  position  of  Major  CleneraL  In  tlie  fall  of  1802  he  was  sent  to  Ken- 
tucky l)V  Lincoln,  on  a  private  mission,  to  ascertain  the  sentiments  of  that 
State  in  regard  to  the  emancipation  of  slaves  by  tlie  Avar-power  of  the 
General  Government.  'J'his  trust  he  executed,  speaking  to  the  Senate  and 
House  then  in  session,  in  the  hall  of  the  House  of  Representives  at  Frank- 
foi-t.  He  reported  favoraliK,  and  on  the  "22(1  of  Sejjtember  President 
Lincoln  issued  his  famous  proclamation  of  freedom.  He  was  recalled  from 
St.  Petersburg  in  18(12,  and  received  the  ajiiiointment  of  Major  General ; 
in  18(j.')  he  was  returned  Minister  I'lenipotentiary  to  St.  Petersbm-g,  and 
he  served  in  that  capacity  during  the  administrations  of  Lincoln  and  John- 
son, and,  for  ])art  of  the  year  1809,  under  Grant.  In  1869  he  was  made 
['resident  of  the  Culian  Aid  Society,  Horace  Greeley  being  Vice-President, 

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and  Charles  A.  Dana  Treasnror.  Tlic  lil)er;il  movement,  in  t'nvov  of  wliicli 
he  s])oke  at  Lexino-ton  and  St.  Louis  in  1871,  was  on<>iii;itc(l  \<y  liim  ;  nnd 
lie  w;is  n  member  of  the  ('iiiciiiuati  ('(invention  which  numiiiiitcd  (Ircclcy 
iuid  i)i-(i\vii,  ^'oiiifi'  a;4-ainst  Adams,  but  refusing  all  votes  for  liinisclf.  hi 
1S7()  he  was  the  choice  of  the  Kentucky  delegation,  aud  many  others,  I'oi- 
Vice-President  on  tlic  Democratic  ticket;  there  was,  however,  no  eifort 
made  in  his  l)cha,lf  lie  was  President  of  the  Kentucky  Convention  at 
Louisville  in  1877,  and  in  favor  of  a  count  in  the  old  constitutional  way 
for  the  offices  of  President  and  Vice-President  of  the  United  States.  But, 
Avhen  the  'Commission'  decitled  for  Hayes,  he  was  for  acquiescence  in  it 
as  the  true  legality. 

"On  the  11th  of  Febi'uarv,  l!^7!t,  at  the  first  annual  meeting  of  the 
Kentucky  Historical  Society,  he  was  made  one  of  the  twelve  vice-])residents 
(the  Governor  being  p.x-ojficio  jjresident),  and  made  an  extemjioraneous 
address  before  them,  at  Frankfort,  which  has  been  published  by  the 
Society. 

"He  is  a  member  of  a  great  nund)er  of  literary  and  scientific  societies 
in  America,  France  and  Russia." 

[Coiimuin.  by  himself,  March,  18111.] 


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CLEVELAND,  EDWAliD,  A.B.  1832. 

From  Shiphm,  L.  Canada. 
Present  addi-ess :  Ilev.  E.  Cleveland,  Burlington,  Coffey  Co.,  Kansas. 

"Oct.  28,  1878. 
"Ill  1638,  Moyses  CleveUiiid  came  froni  York,  England,  to  Wolmrn, 
Mass.,  and  reared  a  large  family  there.  One  of  his  sons,  Edward,  had  a 
son  Saninel,  and  Samuel  had  another  Edward.  Edward  settled  and  married 
in  I'onifret,  Conn.,  and  liad  a  son  Hosmer  who  was  my  father.'  ]\Iy  grand- 
father was  at  tlie  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  and  died  tliere  soon  after.  My 
father  married  Fluvia  Bissell  of  East  Windsor,  Conn.,  lived  f(»r  a  while  in 
Massachusetts,  then  in  Vermont,  and  finally  moved  to  Shi})ton,  Canada 
East.  I  was  born  there  Dec.  Uth,  1804.  I  worked  on  a  farm  and  at 
mechanical  business  till  I  was  twenty-one  years  old.  Then  I  went  to 
Amherst,  Mass.,  and  htted  for  college.  I  entered  Yale  in  the  Chxss  of 
1832,  and  took  my  first  and  second  degrees  there,  in  reguhir  course.  I 
taught  an  academy  in  Danbnry,  Conn.,  the  first  year  after  graduation,  and 
spent  the  next  two  years,  princijially,  in  the  Theological  Seminary  of  Yale. 
I  then  preached  a  year  in  Lisbon,  Conn.,  and  then  a  year  in  Rochester, 
N.  II.,  and  a  part  of  the  next  year  in  Montpelier,  A't.  I  then  spent  several 
years  in  teaching  New  England  academies.  In  1843,  Feb.  14t]i,  I  went 
to  Bath,  N.  H.,  and  for  seven  years  I  preached  there.  I  formed  the  church 
out  of  the  fragments  of  two  old  and  broken  ones,  and  was  settled  over  it 
five  years.  I  built  an  academy  during  mv  ministrv  there,  and  was  the 
principal  of  it  two  years ;  then  left  the  place.  I  was  then  settled  in 
Cabot,  Vt.,  for  five  years,  the  bright  spot  of  my  life,  as  far  as  ministerial 

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success  is  concerned.  ...  I  was  invited  to  leave  that  ])lace  to  take 
the  cliarge  of"  a  new  seminary  wliicli  had  just  been  establislied  in 
Barnet,  Vt,  and  to  supply  the  pulj)it  uu  the  Sabbath.  I  continued  there 
two  years.  I  then  had  an  ai)})lication  to  become  the  jn'incipal  of  a  college 
in  Richmond,  Canada  East,  my  native  place.  I  was  there  in  this  capacity 
five  years,  when  I  left  with  considerably  impaired  health.  1  preached  two 
years  in  the  State  of  1()a\  a,  and  tlien  Ijecame  pi-ofessor  of  lang'uages  and 
chaplain  in  the  Western  Union  College  and  Military  Academy  in  Fulton,  111. 
At  the  close  of  the  war  \vith  the  South,  I  left  that  place  and  came 
here  [Lawrence,  Mich.,  from  which  place  he  wrote].  I  was  the  acting 
pastor  of  the  church  five  years,  and  the  superintendent  of  the  schools  of 
the  county  three  years,  when,  on  account  of  chills  and  fever,  I  was  obliged 
to  return  to  New  England.  I  served  my  former  charge,  there,  in  Bath, 
N.  H.,  foiu"  years,  and  helped  to  build  a  new  meeting-house,  in  place  of  the 
old  one  burnt  down,  and  to  change  the  academy  which  I  had  built  in  former 
years  into  a  graded  school.  I  then  preached  a  year  in  Burling-ton, 
Kansas.  As  I  owned  a  homestead  here,  and  the  church  invited  me  to 
become  their  minister  again,  I  returned  here  a  year  since,  and  am  still 
occupying  the  place  of  pastor. 

"During  nn-  ministry,  conversions  have  taken  place  from  time  to  time 
in  my  field  of  labor,  and  four  or  five  very  interesting  revivals.  Other 
tokens  of  good  have  occvirred.  During  the  twenty  years  of  my  teaching, 
thirty-three  hundi-ed  pupils  were  named  on  my  catalogues.  I  have  written 
and  published  a  history  of  my  native  town;  also  a  poem  'The  Stream  of 
Time'  ...  I  have  two  other  poems  written,  prepared  to  print — '  The 
Kingdom  of  Christ'  and  'The  Pioneei's  of  Christianity.' 

"I  was  married  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  Nov.  1,  1843,  to  Miss  Mary  M.  Lang 
of  that  place.  I  have  two  sons,  a  physician  and  a  merchant,  and  two 
daughters  who  have  been  teachers  several  years,  three  of  them  graduates 
of  colleges,  and  all,  I  trust,  useful  in  their  callings.  Thoiigh  I  am  almost 
seventy -four  years  of  age,  my  health  is  perfect,  and  I  feel  able  to  discharg-e 
the  duties  of  my  office  as  well  as  ever.  I  compose  one  or  two  sermons  every 
week,  and  study  as  diligently  as  I  did  when  I  began  my  course.     A  good 


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providence  has  followed  me  through  life  .  .  .  and  T  look  t'orwiird  w  itli 
cheerful  hope  to  the  future,  when  I  hope  to  meet  nil  my  elassuiate.s  and 
friends  who  through  faith  and  i)atience  inherit  the  promises." 

[Letter  by  himself.] 


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COI/rON,   EUASTUS,  A.li.  1832. 

From  Hartford,  Conn. 

Present  address:  Rev.  E.  Colton,  Willingtoii,  Couu. 

Enistiis  Colton,  son  of  Rnfus  iind  Mary  Colton,  was  Ixirn  in  West 
Springfield,  Mass.,  Apr.  12,  1806.  He  united  with  the  clnirch  in  1822,  in 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  under  the  ministry  of  Dr.  John  Chester,  who  was  his 
pastor  for  over  four  years,  he  being-  at  the  time  employed  in  a  mercantile 
establishment  of  that  city.  When  his  employer  died,  in  182,^)-(),  he  began 
to  stud}'  with  a  view  to  entering  the  ministry — a  course  already,  indeed, 
determined  upon  from  a  sense  of  duty.  At  the  Commencement  in  1832 
he  was  the  Sahitatorian  of  the  Class.  After  graduation  he  taught  for  two 
years  in  the  Preparatory  Department  of  Illinois  College,  and,  having  been 
graduated,  in  1837,  at  the  Yale  Theological  Seminary,  commenced  preach- 
ing in  Cheshire,  Conn.,  where  he  was  ordained  Jan.  17,  1838.  His  next 
settlement  was  in  Michigan  City,  Ind.,  in  Nov.,  1844;  a  third  was  in  Niles, 
Mich.,  in  Nov.,  1850  ;  a  fourth  in  Southwick,  Mass.,  in  Oct.,  1858  ;  and  he 
was  settled  at  Willington,  Conn.,  Oct.  10,  1876. 

He  was  first  married,  Sept.  13,  1838,  to  Jennette  Maria  Allen,  daughter 
of  Levi  Allen,  Esq.,  of  Meriden,  Conn.,  descended  from  an  Allen  who  was 
high  in  civil  service  in  London.  She  died  in  Michigan  City,  Ind.,  Feb.  1, 
1849,  without  children.  A  second  marriage,  on  the  5th  Aug.,  1850,  was 
to  Jane  Aim ira  Prudden,  daughter  of  Dea.  Joseph  Prudden  of  ( )range. 
Conn.,  a  descendant  of  Peter  Prudden,  the  first  minister  of  Milford,  ( 'diin.  ; 
who  died  in  Millville,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  17,  1856,  leaving  two  children,  a  son 
and  a  daughter,  both  of  wliom  are  now  living  in  Illinois,  and  are  married,  the 


MEMORANDA. 

son  having-  a  daughter.  He  was  married  again,  Nov.  9,  ISfjS,  to  ]\frs. 
Mary  Ann  Mathei',  widow  of  William  Mather  of  Cromwell,  Conn.,  having 
four  children ;  her  father  was  Samuel  Brower  of  New  York,  a  descendant 
of  the  old  Dutch  dominie  Avarardus  Bog'ardus.  With  such  helpmeets,  he 
thinks  he  should  have  been  a  much  better  minister ;  and,  though  not  with- 
out fruits  of  his  ministry,  he  laments  that,  for  the  last  twenty  years,  his 
labors  have  been,  comparatively,  unproductive  of  residts.  From  June, 
1864,  for  over  a  year,  he  was  engaged  in  the  Christian  Commission  work 
in  the  army ;  thereafter,  for  four  years,  in  obtaining  funds  for  the  relief 
and  education  of  the  freedmen  ;  and,  subsequently  to  tliis,  in  different 
agencies  until  Apr.,  1.S7.5,  when  he  went  to  Willington. 

[Mostly  from  a  commim.  by  himself,  Sept.,  1878. — E.  E.  S.] 


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*C0LTON,  JOHN  OWEN,  A.B.  1832. 

*1840.  From  Uotjalton,  N.  Y. 

John  (_)\veii  Coltuii,  greiit  gnuidson  of  Rev.  Beiijainin  Colton  (Y.  C 
1710),  grandsou  of  Deacon  Abijali  Colton  of  West  Hartford,  Ct.,  and  grand- 
nephew  of  Rev.  George  Colton  (Y.  C.  1756) — known  as  "high-priest 
Colton  of  Bolton,"  the  eldest  son  of  Rev.  George  (Y.  C.  1804)  and  Lncy 
(Cowles)  Ciilt(:>n,  was  l)oru  on  the  14th  of  March,  1810,  in  Westford, 
Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  liis  father  was  at  that  time  pastor  of  the  Congre- 
gational church.  The  family  removed  to  Royalton,  Niagara  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in 
1823.  Up  to  the  age  of  fifteen  the  son  pursued  the  ordinary  studies  taught 
in  the  common  schools,  and,  in  the  more  important  branches,  under  his 
father's  tuition.  In  1824  he  entered  the  mercantile  establishment  of  a 
distant  relative  in  the  village  of  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  where  he  united  with  the 
Presbyterian  church.  Now  moved  by  a  strong  desire  to  devote  his  life  to 
religious  duties,  and  to  enter  the  ministry,  he  commenced  the  requisite 
preparatory  studies,  under  the  instruction  of  his  father,  and  was  finally 
fitted  for  college  at  the  academy  in  Homer,  N.  Y.  His  name  first  appears 
on  the  college-catalogue  for  182'J-.')0,  he  having  joined  the  Class  after  the 
first  term  of  its  Freshman-year.  He  was  graduated  with  the  highest  honor, 
delivering  an  oration  "On  the  Sentiments  proper  to  be  entertained  at  the 
Close  of  a  Collegiate  Life,"  with  the  valedictory  addi-ess.  For  two  years 
after  graduation  he  was  engaged,  first,  as  a  teacher  of  languages  in  the 
Mount  Hope  College  of  Baltimore,  and,  afterwards,  in  the  Hopkins 
Grammar  School  of  New  Haven.  In  1834  he  became  a  member  of  the 
Yale  Theological  Seminary,  and  in  the  spring  of  1835  entered  upon  the 

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duties  of  Tutor  in  Greek  in  Yale  College.  Tie  held  his  tutor-ship  till  the 
spring  of  IS.'IS,  pimsuiiig,  ineuiiwliile,  in  addition  to  other  studies,  the  study 
of  law,  and  jtreparing  the  first  edition  of  his  "Greek  Reader,"  which  was 
published  a  few  months  before  his  death,  a  work  of  which  a  second  edition 
appeared  in  1846,  and  a  third  in  1855 — both  edited  by  brothers  of  the 
author.  In  November,  1839,  he  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Chapel  Street 
Congregational  ('hurcli  in  New  Haven,  in  wliicli  office  he  remained,  giving 
great  j)r()mise  of  usefulness,  until  in  ]\Iarcli,  1840,  death  suddenly  came  to 
him  as  he  was  sitting  in  his  chair,  the  seeds  of  a  fatal  disease  having  been 
laid  in  his  system  during  his  residence  in  ]3altimore. 

He  was  his  father's  pride  and  joy,  and  liis  early  death  was  a  great  blow 
to  })arental  affection,  nor  a  less  severe  trial  to  that  fraternal  love,  uniting 
him  and  several  brothers  together,  which  moved  liim  first,  and  others  of 
them  after  him,  following  his  example,  watchful)}'  to  initiate  the  younger 
ones  in  a  liberal  education,  so  that  for  about  a  quarter  of  a  century  this 
brotherhood  was  represented  on  the  annual  catalogues  of  Yale,  and  always 
lionoraljly.*     He  never  married. 

He  was  in  youth,  as  in  his  maturer  years,  of  a  very  quiet  and  studious 
disposition,  thoughtful,  deeply  conscientious  and  truthful,  and  possessed  a 
most  kind  and  affectionate  nature.  One  of  his  brothers  has  appropriately 
summed  up  his  character  as  follows:  "He  was  eminently  honest  and 
straightforward ;  lie  hated  shams.  Pretended  scholarship,  sham  goodness, 
shallowness  and  show  of  any  sort  he  could  not  endure.  He  loved  truth 
himself,  and  wanted,  with  all  his  soul,  that  others  should  do  so  likewise. 
He  was  a  man  of  intense  earnestness.  He  never  went  around  a  corner,  if 
he  could  'go  across  lots.'  When  he  went  down  town  from  the  College, 
he  always  jumped  the  fence,  if  he  could ;  and  that  was  characteristic  of  his 
life.  Life,  in  his  view,  was  too  short,  and  too  tremendous,  to  be  wasted. 
Emphatically,  he  did  with  his  might  what  his  hands  found  to  do.  He  had 
a  singular  love  of  justice.  What  was  right  was  always  the  main  thing 
with  him.     Those   lines  of   Horace:   'Justum  et  tenacem  propositi  virum, 

*  One  of  these  brotliers,  George  II.  C'olton,  was  the  author  of  ''Tecumseh;"  and 
established  the  "  Am.  Whig  Review,"  in  whicli  Foe's  "  Raven"  first  appeared. 

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etc.,'  vvliich  are  iiisoril)e(l  ujkih  liis  iiiuiiiiiiient,  duscrilx^  him  e.xactly- 
He  was,  remarkably,  a  man  of  method,  system  and  exact  order  in 
everytliing.  Finisli  lie  nuist  and  would  have,  if  possible.  As  a  private 
Christian,  and  as  a  pastor,  he  was  deejdy  devoted,  a  fully  conse('i-;itc(l 
man."  But  with  all  his  graver  qualities  lie  had  a  genuine  love  of  plii}  liil 
hinnor,  with  a  lively  sense  of  the  ludicrous. 

[Mostly  from  a  commun.  by  two  lirothors. — K.  K.  S.] 


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CONOLLY,  HOBACE  LUDLOW. 

From  Salem,  Mass. 
Present  address:  Horace  Ingersoll,  Esq.,  Salem,  Mass. 

"Horace  Ludlow  Conolly  was  born  in  Salem,  IVIass.,  in  TTawtliorne's 
'Honse  of  the  Seven  Gables.'  A  Mrs.  Ingersoll  adopted  liini,  Ijrouylit  liini 
up,  and  educated  him ;  and  at  her  death  bequeathed  to  him  all  the  i)rop- 
erty  she  had — whei'eupon  he  changed  his  name  to  hers.  After  leaving 
Yale  College  [in  the  Junior-year  of  the  Class],  he  studied  theology,  and 
became  an  Episcopal  clergyman.  Subsequently  he  entered  a  law-office, 
and  practised  law.  After  that  lie  took  to  medicine,  and  became  a  physi- 
cian ;  and  then  again  returned  to  the  law.  He  lost  his  property,  by  some 
means,  and  is  now  living  a  retired  life  in  Salem.     He  never  married." 

[Comnnm.  July,  1880,] 


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*1)E  FOREST,  HENBY  ALFBED,  A.B.  1832. 

*1,S5S.  From  Himiphmjsvillc,  Conn. 

"His  father  was  John  H.  DeForest  of  Humphreysville  (Seymour), 
Conn.,  brother  of  David  DeForest  of  New  liaven,  founder  of  the  DeForest 
schohirships  and  medal ;  his  mother  was  Dotha  Woodward,  a  native  of 
Watertown,  C'onn. 

"He  was  born  at  Watertown,  (•onn.,  May  15,  1S14;  was  g-raduatcd 
from  Yale  College  and  tlic  Yale  Medical  School;  settled  as  a  physician  in 
Rochester,  N.  Y. ;  married  there,  Aug.  G,  1S40,  Catharine  Sedgwick  Ser- 
geant of  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  a  descendant  of  John  Sergeant  tlie  preacher 
to  the  Indians,  and  translator  of  i)art  of  the  Scriptures  into  the  Indian 
tongue  ;  went  in  1841-42  to  Syria  as  a  missionary ;  lost  his  health  entirely, 
there,  and  returned  in  1854;  died  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  24,  1858  ;  was 
buried  in  the  old  cemetery  at  New  Haven." 

[Letter  by  a  brother.] 

In  the  "  Women  of  tlie  Arabs,"  p.  75,  Rev.  Dr.  H.  H.  Jessiip  says : 

"In  1854  Dr.  DeForest  was  obliged,  from  failing  health,  to  relinquish  his  work 
[in  Syria],  and  return  to  the  United  States.  A  nobler  man  never  lived.  As  a  pliysician 
he  was  widely  known  and  universally  beloved,  and  as  a  teacher  and  preacher  he 
exerted  a  lasting  intluence.  The  good  wrought  by  that  saintly  man  in  Syria  \vill 
never  be  fully  known  in  this  ^vorld.  The  lovely  Christian  families  in  Syria,  whose 
mothers  were  trained  by  him  and  liis  wife,  will  be  his  monuments  for  generations  to 
come.''  .  .   . 

Commander  Lynch,  also,  in  his  "  Narrative  of  .  .  .  Expedition  to  the  lliver  J(jrdan 
and  tlie  Dead  Sea,"  p.  506,  speaks  of  Dr.  DeForest  and  his  wife  witli  enthusiasm. 

[E.  E.  S.]  ' 

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*L)EWEY,  AMASA,  A.B.   18^!2. 

*1840.  From  Lebanon,  Conn. 

Auiasa  Dewey,  son  of  Asahel  and  Liicina  Dewey,  of  Lebanon,  Conn., 
was  born  there  March  12th,  1804.  At  twelve  or  fourteen  years  of  age  he 
became  hopefully  a  Cln-istian,  but  lie  did  not  make  a  public  profession  of 
his  faith  in  Christ  until  he  was  eighteen.  He  commenced  preparation  for 
the  nn"nistry  four  years  after,  at  Monson  Academy.  After  completing  liis 
preparatory  course,  in  1828,  he  entered  Yale  College.  His  theological 
education  was  acquired  at  New  Haven,  and  in  1835  he  was  licensed  to 
preach. 

While  preparing  feu-  the  ministry,  Mr.  Dewey  formed  the  determination 
to  s]iend  his  life  as  a  missionary  to  the  heathen,  but,  when  ready  to  enter 
upon  his  work,  he  found  his  health  so  much  impaired  as  to  render  this 
course  unadvisable,  both  in  his  own  view  and  in  that  of  his  friends.  While  j 
looking  for  temporary  employment,  that,  in  the  meantime,  the  question  of 
duty  as  to  his  future  life  might  be  fully  determined.  Providence  directed 
him  to  the  place  of  his  future  labours.  Making  a  village  in  the  soutli  part 
of  Petersham,  since  known  as  Storrsville,  Mass.,  the  centre  of  operations, 
a  few  friends  of  evangelical  trutli  lioped  to  gather  a  congregation  from 
portions  of  Petersham,  Dana,  Hardwick  and  Barre.  Mr.  Dewey  came 
among  them  when  little  more  had  been  done  than  to  devise  a  plan.  It 
was  about  the  first  of  July,  1836.  At  once  he  entered  with  interest  and 
ardoi-  into  the  work  to  which  he  was  called ;  and,  finding  ample  room  for 
all  the  devotedness  and  self-denial  which  might  have  been  required  else- 
where, and  seeing  a  prospect  of  usefulness  as  great,  perhaps,  as  he  could 

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iiiiticipiit(i  ill  ;my  station,  and  witnessing-  tlie  interest  with  wliicli  the  little 
band,  in  whose  service  he  was,  were  looking-  to  him  as  their  future  jiastor, 
he  felt  that  the  question  of  duty  as  to  his  future  life  was  fully  settled. 

Great  and  various  difficulties  were  to  be  encountered  ;  but  he  engaged 
in  the  work  with  such  ardor,  patience,  and  prudence,  as  were  adapted  to 
the  attainment  of  the  end  he  sought.  In  the  November  following-  he  had 
the  pleasure  of  witnessing  the  organization  of  a  churcli  consisting  of  twelve 
members.  Jan.  lltli,  1837,  he  became  their  pastor — marrying,  in  the  same 
month,  Hadassah  Thompson  of  Monson,  Mass.  In  the  course  of  the  fol- 
lowino-  year  the  nvimber  of  members  was  doubled ;  while,  in  tlie  mean- 
time,  a  commodious  house  of  worship  had  been  erected. 

The  health  of  Mr.  Dewey  had  been  uniformly  feeble,  from  the  com- 
mencement of  his  labours  among  the  i)eople  of  his  charge  ;  and  during-  the 
last  year  and  a  half  of  his  life  there  were  long  periods  of  necessary  relin- 
quishment of  public  labour.  But  for  a  few  weeks  previous  to  his  death, 
when  he  could  no  longer  appear  in  the  house  of  God  even  as  a  worshipper, 
he  united  with  his  flock  in  religious  worship  at  his  ow-n  house.  In  much 
debility  he  came,  gradually  and  peacefully,  to  his  dying  hour ;  and  on  the 
Sabbath  Jan.  5tli,  1840,  closed  his  eyes  forever  on  this  world.  He  left  a 
widow  and  one  child. 

As  a  Christian,  he  w'as  eminently  consistent,  and  distinguished  by  a 
deep  sense  of  his  own  unworthiness ;  as  a  minister,  he  was  affectionate  and 
fiiithful,  combining  forbearance  and  prudence  with  plainness  of  dealing, 
and  enjoA-ed,  in  an  uncommon  measm-e,  the  affections  of  his  people. 
Their  mutual  affection  was  that  of  first  love. 

[Mostly  abr.  from  Notice  prefatory  to  the  Token  of  Remembrance  or  Pastor's  Offermg,  cons,  of  selections 
from  the  writings  of  the  Rev.  Amasa  Dewey  .  .  .  N.  York,  1842.— E.  E.  S.] 


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DICKSON,  CHARLES,  A.B.  1832. 

From  Groton,  Mass. 
Present  address :  Dea.  Charles  Dickson,  Queneuio,  Osage  Co.,  Kansas. 

"Feb.  8,  1879. 
...  "I  have  nothing  of  particular  note  to  record  concerning  myself, 
but  have  endeavored  to  do  what  good  I  could  in  a  quiet  way.  On 
account  of  failure  of  health,  after  leaving  college,  I  never  studied  a  pro- 
fession ;  but  taught  school  about  ten  years,  after  which  continued  ill 
health  compelled  me  to  relinquish  that.  Since  then  I  have  been  mostly 
occupied  in  fanning.  My  parents  were  Walter  and  Anna  (Tufts)  Dickson  : 
I  was  born  in  Groton,  Mass.,  Aug.  8,  1809.  In  Aug.,  1835,  I  \^■as  married 
to  Rebecca  F.  R.  Mills  of  New  Haven  (in  presence  of  our  Class,  the  day 
after  Commencement).  She  died  in  Kansas,  Jan.  17,  1868.  I  afterwards 
married  Lydia  Aim  Herrick  of  Kansas.  I  have  two  sons  and  four  daugh- 
ters living,  all  of  whom  but  the  youngest  ai'e  members  of  evangelical 
churches.  I  have  held  the  office  of  deacon  in  three  churches,  about 
twenty -five  years  in  all ;  and  that  of  Sabbath-school  superintendent  in 
five  schools,  about  thirty  years.  In  1854  I  came  to  Kansas,  to  help  make 
it  a  free  State;  and  took  an  active  part  in  the  'border  ruffian  war'  of 
1855-6,  serving  as  lieutenant  in  a  volunteer  company  of  free-State  men. 
In  the  war  of  the  rebellion  I  served  two  years,  iinder  a  captain's  com- 
mission, in  our  State-forces.  I  had  my  house  and  most  of  its  contents 
bm-ned,  and  other  property  destroyed,  by  Quantrell,  during  his  raid  on 
Lawrence  in  1853.  I  have  held  various  civil  offices  in  Kansas,  those  of 
county-commissioner,  justice  of  the  peace,  post-master,  road-commissioner, 
school-director,  etc." 

[Letter  by  himseli.] 

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*DRYSDALE,  ALEXANDER. 

*1859.  From  Savannah,   Ga. 


■) 


Alexander  Drysdale  "died  in  Savannah,  Ga.,  in  1859.  He  was  a 
lawyer  by  profession,  and  a  man  of  high  social,  literary  and  professional 
standing-.  When  quite  a  young  man,  he  represented  his  county  in  the 
Legislature,  and  to  the  close  of  his  life  was  elected,  for  several  terms,  to 
the  city-judgeship.  He  was  held  in  luiiversal  esteem  because  of  his 
manhood,  his  high  and  scrupulous  sense  of  lionor,  and  his  large  and  lively 
sympathies." 

A  son  of  his  is  now  the  Rector  of  Clu'ist  Church  in  Mobile,  Ala. 

[Mostly  commiin.  by  a  son.] 


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*L)UNN,   WILLIAM. 

*1S44.  FroiH  C/ii/foi/,  La. 

Tlie  pai'eiits  of  William  Dunn  wei'e  South  Carolinians,  but  he  was 
born  in  East  Feliciana,  La.,  in  1804  or  1805.  He  never  married,  and  died 
at  Liberty,  Miss.,  in  March,  1844.  After  his  return  to  the  South,  on 
leaving  college,  he  fell  into  bad  company  'and  turned  out  Ijadlj-.' 

fComrauii.  .Vug.,  1880.] 


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*DUNNING,  EDWAltT)  OSBORNE,  A.B.  1832. 

*1874.  From  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Edward  Osborne  Dunning,  son  of  Leman  and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Osborne) 
Dunning,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  March  12,  1810;  and  died  in 
the  same  city  March  23d,  1874.  He  was  prepared  for  college  at  the 
Hopkins  Grannnar  School  in  New  Haven,  and  at  Andover,  Mass.  During 
his  college-coiarse  he  became  personally  interested  in  religion,  under  the 
preaching  of  Dr.  Joel  Parker.  In  1833  he  entered  the  Theological  Sem- 
inary of  Yale,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1836.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  by  the  New  Haven  East  Association.  On  the  26th  May,  1840,  he 
was  ordained  at  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  while  supplying  the  First  Congregational 
church  of  Rome  in  the  same  State.  In  1842  he  was  installed  pastor  of  the 
Reformed  church  in  Canajoharie,  N.  Y.  In  1850  he  was  appointed  general 
agent  of  the  American  Bible  Society  in  Virginia,  where  he  continued  to 
labor  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  late  civil  war,  his  family-residence 
being  in  New  Haven.  In  June,  1862,  he  was  appointed  army-chaplain 
by  President  Lincoln,  and  was  stationed  at  the  United  States  General 
Hospital  in  Cumberland,  Md.  This  office  he  held  until  the  close  of  the 
war,  August,  1865.  His  long  and  arduous  hospital-services  had  so  broken 
down  his  health  that  he  was  soon  after  this  obliged  to  retire  from  the  active 
duties  of  his  profession ;  and,  finding  an  out-of-door  life  essential  to  his 
nervous  condition,  he  undertook  the  exploration  of  the  ancient  mounds  in 
Virginia,  Tennessee  and  North  Carolina.  He  examined  a  large  number, 
and  obtained  many  rare  and  valuable  relics  for  the  archeological  museums 
of  Yale  and   Harvard.     He  also  wrote  a   lecture  on   the  ancient  mound- 

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builders,  giving  details  of  his  researches  among  their  marvellous  works. 
"  He  rendered  valuable  services  to  science  by  his  discoveries,  throwing 
much  light  upon  the  history  of  those  remarkable  remains  of  an  extinct 
civilization." 

He  had  strongly  marked  literary  tastes,  though  liis  busy  life  allowed 
but  little  opportunity  to  indulge  them ;  and  yet  his  occasional  contri- 
butions to  periodicals,  chiefly  to  the  "New  Englander,"  as  well  as  many 
of  his  un})u])lislied  sermons,  show  of  what  he  was  capable.  In  his  youth 
the  members  of  the  college-society  of  Brothers  in  Unity  were  often 
delighted  by  his  dramatic  and  other  literary  performances.  A  friend  of 
more  than  forty  years  has  spoken  of  "his  attractive  mind,  true  heart,  and 
faithful  words  as  a  preacher  and  a  writer."  He  Avas  exti'emely  averse  to 
all  cant  and  j^arade,  and  nervousl}^  sensitive  ;  so  that  his  personal  religious 
views  and  feelings  were  kept  from  the  knowledge  of  most  persons.  By 
his  college-associates  he  will  be  especially  remembered  as  "a  man  of 
uncommon  humor  and  genial  disi^osition ;"  for  their  sakes,  therefore,  some 
extracts  from  a  letter  of  his  addressed  to  the  Class  in  1845,  which  happily 
illustrate  the  humorous  side  of  his  nature,  are  here  given  : 

"  Herkimer,  Aiigust  18, 1845. 
"  ClMssmates : 

I  should  be  glad  to  meet  you  at  the  coming  Commeucement,  but  circumstances 
of  a  family-kind — see  Matth.  let  chap.  2d  verse — oblige  me  to  send  my  greeting  .  .  . 
Whatever  have  been  our  employments,  and  whatever  success  has  attended  our  efforts, 
of  one  thing  we  are  all  convinced,  viz :  that  we  are  not  such  everlastingly  great  men 
as  we  expected  to  be,  in  oiir  first  ambitious  dreams — that  we  have  not  given  the  world 
such  a  shove  as  we  threatened — that  we  have  not  yet  revealed  all  the  mysteries  of 
nature,  nor  shed  all  the  light  that  is  ever  to  shine  on  the  world,  but  that  there  are 
spots  still  on  the  face  of  the  sun,  and  stars  beyond  the  reach  of  our  telescopes.  But, 
if  we  have  not  done  wonders,  and  set  the  world  agape,  we  are  just  as  well  satisfied 
with  ourselves.  .  .  .  There  is  but  one  event  in  my  liistory  deserving  of  a  particular 
notice,  and  that  is  my  transformation  into  a  Dutch  dominie.  The  process  is  somewhat 
painful,  re(^uii"ing  some  twinges  of  conscience,  besides  an  elongation  of  the  nether 
jaw,  to  say  nothing  of  the  loss  of  brains.  But,  if  you  can  pass  alive,  the  Dutch  Church 
offers  as  quiet  a  rest  as  a  man  of  large  orthodoxy  and  slender  piety — '  great  function 

96 


ME.Moi;  AMIA. 

and  little  iiiictiDir — could  desires*  In  accordaiic'O  with  the  pi'evailini;-  idii)in  of  New 
Aiii.sterdaiii,  I  have  assumed  tlie  cogiioiiicn  of  Van;  so  that  now  yon  may  consider 
Van  Diiiiiiiiiii-  the  tvnr.  ortlHi<;r:i|ili y.  I  hope  our  secretary  will  s(H'  that  the  correction 
is  made  in  the  next  Triennial  (!atalogne  ...  If  any  of  yon  ])a.ss  this  way,  hy  all 
means  call  and  see  yonr  old  friend  and  classmate 

E.  O.  VAN  DUNNlNd." 

He  married,  Se])t.  IS,  IS,'!!),  Miss  Catharine  Bent  of  Middlcl. my,  Vt., 
wlio  survives  In'ni,  with  tour  of  tlieir  five  chihh'en. 

[Mostly  TOiiimun.  hy  his  widow,  Mareli,  187!).] 

*A  jeaIo>isy  of  any  pussihlo  (le])arture  from  the  old  Dort  standard  of  ralvinistic 
faith  had  made  it  not  easy  for  Mr.  Dunning  to  "pass  alive"  into  the  Dutch  church. — 
E.  E.  S. 


97 


MKMOK'ANDA. 


*EBBET8,  JOHN  JACOJJ  ASTOll,  A.B.  1832. 

*1861.  From  New  York. 

"Jolni  Jacob  Astov  Ebbets  died  of  eonijiunptioii,  after  a  long  iUnesy,  in 
New  York,  Nov.  17,  1861,  aged  48. 

"He  was  born  at  Newtown  (L.  I.),  N.  Y.,  March  30,  1813.  His  father 
was  Capt.  John  Elbbets,  a  favorite  shipmaster  of  John  Jacob  Astor. 

"From  childhood  he  resided  in  New  York.  After  leuviny  collcfie  lie 
entered  upon  the  business  of  a  broker,  which  he  pursued  witli  diligence 
during  the  most  of  his  life,  cultivating,  at  the  same  time,  a  gentle  disposition 
and  a  fine  intellectual  taste.  In  later  years  declining  health  and  adversity 
kept  him  from  public  observation,  Imt  the  excellence  of  his  life  was 
acknowledged  by  all  who  knew  him. 

"He  married  Miss  Catherine  Vanderburgh  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  and  left  no 
children." 

[From  Obit.  Rec,  etc.,  No.  3  of  the  printed  series,] 


99 


MKMOKANDA. 


*K1)1)Y,  injxitv,  A. 15.  is;;2. 

*1S72.  f'roiii  llcrliii,  Coiiii. 

"Henry  Eddv,  son  of  'riiomas  and  Al)i  (Lewis)  Kdilx  of  Now  llritaiii, 
Conn.,  was  bom  in  New  liritain,  Oet.  1st,  LSOo;  and  died  in  Nortli 
Bridgewater  (now  Brockton),  Mass.,  Sept.  'iod,  1H72,  aged  (i7. 

"He  studied  theologv  for  due  or  two  years  after  i>raduatini;-,  at  Andover 
Theological  Seminary,  and  then  continued  his  studies  in  the  Vale  Semi- 
nary. He  was  ordained  Feb.  IGtli,  ISoti,  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
church  in  West  Granville,  Mass.,  from  which  charge  he  was  dismissed 
Sept.  'ioth,  1839.  He  was  installed  over  the  Congregational  church  in 
Stoughton,  Mass.,  Nov.  4th,  1840,  and  dismissed  in  1844.  He  then  sn[)- 
plied,  for  two  years,  the  pvdpit  of  the  Congregational  church  in  Turner, 
Me. ;  and  was  next  settled,  for  two  years,  over  a  church  in  Keuuebuukport 
in  the  same  State.  At  this  time,  tinding  that  his  voice  was  failing,  he 
thought  it  best  to  prepare  himself  for  another  profession,  and,  wdn'le  sup- 
])lying  the  Congregational  church  in  North  Guilford,  Conn,  (from  Jan., 
1849  to  March,  1851),  studied  medicine  in  New  Haven,  and  was  gi-aduated 
from  the  Medical  School  of  Yale  College  in  1851.  From  that  date  until 
his  death,  he  resided  in  North  Bridgewater,  Mass.,  at  first  ])ractising  medi- 
cine;  but  after  a  few^  years  he  engaged  in  farming,  and  in  business  grow- 
in"'  out  of  inventions  of  his  own  and  the  i)atent-riiihts  connected  with 
them. 

101 


MEMORANDA. 

"He  iiiaiTicd,  first,  Miss  Cornelia,  daughter  of"  Rev.  Luke  Wood  of 
('liiit(»ii,  Conn.,  Jan.  25tli,  iS.'Jf).  She  died  Feb.  (itli,  1S41,  leaving  one 
daughter  who  is  still  living.  He  married,  secondly.  Miss  Snmli  II.  Torrey 
of  North  Bridgewater,  Mass.,  Aug.  23d,  1843,  who  survives  him.  He  left 
two  sons,  graduates  of  Yale  in  1867  and  1870,  and  one  daughter,  a 
graduate  of  Mt.  Ilolyoke  Seminary  at  South  lladley,  ]\Iass." 

[From  Obit   Rec,  etc.,  No.  .1  of  the  secoud  printed  series,  witli  corrcetions  by  his  widow.] 


102 


MEMORANDA. 


EDWARDS,   GEOnaE  WTLLTAM,  \.V>.  1S32. 

From  Ihirffoid,  Conn. 
Present  address  :  (4.  W.  Edwards,  Esq.,  Brooklyn  (E.  D.),  N.  Y. 

Cleorge  William  Edwanls  was  Ixirii  in  llarttbnl,  (Joim.,  Nov.  1st,  Isll, 
son  of  Jonathan  Walter  Edwards  (Y.  C.  1789),  a  distinguislied  law}'er  of 
that  place  (and  son  of  the  younger  President  Edwards),  and  of  Elizabeth 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Capt.  Moses  'J^ryon  of  Wethersfield,  Conn.  He  was 
one  of  six  brothers,  all  gviuluates  of  Yale,  the  others  in  the  Classes  iSll), 
1S20,  1828  and  183i).  After  graduation  he  went  to  New  York  City  to 
engage  in  mercantile  pursuits,  \\hcre  he  has  since  remained,  occupied  in 
various  branches  of  business,  but  making  the  city  of  Brooklyn,  for  most  of 
the  time,  his  home.  Prosperity  and  adversity  have  alternated  in  his  lot: 
sometimes  he  has  transacted  business  for  himself,  and  sometimes,  in  situa- 
tions of  responsibility,  for  others ;  at  one  time,  partly  for  the  benefit  of 
children  deprived  of  a  mother's  care,  he  withdrew  from  connnercial  life, 
and  occupied  himself  with  a  school  for  boys ;  in  1875  he  took  a  position  as 
book-keeper  and  proof-reader  in  a  large  printing  and  publishing  house  in 
New  York,  where  he  is  still  employed.  In  all  his  experience,  he  has  had 
openings  for  business  or  employment  as  he  has  needed  them — they  have 
seemed  to  offer  themselves  witlmut  his  seeking. 

He  was  married  Nov.  27th,  183'J,  to  widow  Dorinda  Cheney  (nee 
Barker)  of  New  York,  who  died  Aug.  25tli,  1850;  by  whom  he  liad  two 
daughters,  one  still  living,  with  children,  and  a  son,  who  has  a  son.  lie 
was  married,  a  second  time,  Oct.  13th,  1864,  to  Miss  Hannah  L.  Abbott  of 
Bath,  Me.,  who  still  lives  to  make  his  home  happy. 

103 


MEMORANDA. 

PVom  his  earliest  years  lie  was  traiucil  in  the  principles  lA'  ti'iio  rclioion, 
and  tli(!  impression  i>{'  tlieni  went  witli  liiiii  to  college;  yet  he  now  looks 
back  upon  his  collooe-liie  witli  rejiret,  as  niis-s])ent ;  and  after  leaving 
college  he  i)lunged  still  more  into  tlie  gaieties  and  follies  of  citv-life,  until, 
at  length,  the  inthience  of  ;i  iViend,  ;nid  the  ])reachiug  of  1  )r.  Krskine 
Mason,  led  his  wite  and  himself  to  a  change  of  life.*  Tn  1  S47  he  removed  to 
Bi'ooklvn,  E.  1).,  and  joined  the  first  Presbyterian  church,  then  under  the 
pastoral  care  of  liev.  Dr.  McLean,  witli  which  he  has  ever  since  been  con- 
nected— for  twenty  years  as  an  elder,  and  for  most  of  that  time  as  clerk 
of  the  Session.  As  an  elder,  he  has  fi-equently  done  pastoral  work ;  for  • 
twelve  years  was  superintendent  of  the  Sabbath-school :  and  for  the  last 
fifteen  years  has  been  teaclier  of  a  ladies'  l^ilde-class,  with  a  measure  of 
success  which  leads  him  to  hope  for  ;i  crown,  jit  the  last,  not  utterly 
starless. 

[Comimin.  hy  himself,  Jan.,  187!).] 

*S<.'e  his  letter  of  teiiilei-  s<'iitiineiit  on  pp.  3-4  of  the  Appendix. — E.  E.  S. 


104 


MKMUIJANDA. 


*FAA) 111  1  )U E,  FBJ^UJIUCK  A UG USTUS. 

*1836.  From  Dimstahlc,  N.  H. 

"Frederick  Augnstii.s  Eldridg-e,  son  of  Dr.  Micah  and  Sally  (Bnttrick) 
Eldrid^e,  was  born  in  Dnnstalde,  N.  H.,  Mar.  25,  1810.  He  left  Yale  in" 
his  JTUiior-vear,  and  went  to  Dartiiioutli  ('ollcne,  wlicre  he  was  "-radnated 
in  1832.  After  leaving  college  he  taught  school  for  aliont  four  years,  till 
his  death,  Avhich  occurred  Jan.  13,  183G.  He  was  an  active  Christian, 
labored  much  for  the  moral  and  religious  improvement  of  tlie  factors- 
operatives  in  Nashua,  N.  H.,  wlicrc  lie  died,  and  had  the  ministry  in  view. 
He  never  married." 

[Mostly  ooiniiiiiT).  liy  his  elnssmnte  C.  D.] 


105 


MEMOKANDA. 


*ERNST,  FllEDElllVK  STEINMAN,  A.B.   18:52. 

*1854.  ■  From  Lancaster,  I'd. 

Frederick  8teininiMi  iM'iist  was  born  in  Ea,st(Hi,  Pa.,  Feb.  2,  1810. 
His  father,  John  C.  Ernst,  ^vas  ii  fanner  and  merchant  of  Easton.  His 
grandfather,  J.  C.  Ernst,  was  a  Lntlieran  clergyman.  His  motlier  was 
Sybilla  Amelia  Steinuiini  of  Lancaster,  Pa.  After  g-radnation  he  stndied 
theology  at  Princeton,  N.  .J.  He  connnenced  liis  ministerial  hibors  at 
Natchez,  Hinds  C!o.,  Miss.,  as  a  licentiate  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
;ni(l  lalxtrt'd  tliere  several  years.  Receiving  a  call  to  liuhler's  Plains, 
La.,  near  Baton  Rouge,  lie  removed  thither  in  1S41,  and  was  pastor  of 
the  "Plains  Store  Clmrch"  from  that  time  till  death  closed  his  hilxirs.  He 
was  instrumental  in  bringing  into  the  church  most  of  the  young  people  of 
the  neighborhood,  who  were  bound  to  him  by  a  strong  filial  affection. 
He  was  an  earnest  worker.  His  sermons  were  heart-reaching  and  inij)res- 
sive.  H'ls  character  was  strong,  unseliish  and  true;  a  man  greatly  beloved.* 
It  was  sniil  of  him  that  [.lOuisiana  could  not  afford  to  lose  so  good  a  man. 
Oil  the  last  Sunday  in  Julv,  just  before  his  death,  he  preached  ;i  sermon 
in  n^xiew  of  his  ministry  and  life-work,  commending  his  flock  to  God  for  a 
brief  absence  at  the  North.  Passing  through  New  ()rleans,  lie  cauglit  the 
yellow  fever,  but  reached  Montgomery,  Ala.,  and  died  there  Aug.  !»,  1S54. 

*  All  affectionate  eiithusiasin  of  nature  ajipeavs  in  his  letter  to  liis  classmates  on  p.  •'! 
of  the  Apjiendix. — E.  E.  S. 

107 


MKMillfANDA. 


( )ii  tilt'  (Suiida)   follow  iiiii  a  tcli-^^nnii  was  i-cad  to  a  weeping-  (tongreg'ation, 
that  their  beloved  pastor   had    passed   awaw 

He  was  twice  inarrii'd  :  iirst,  on  the  Kith  ol'  April,  IKP),  to  IMai'tlia  1\. 
Marshall  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  who  (lic(l  .Iimk!  II,  1.S42,  leaving  one  cliild, 
Benjamin  ( "hase  Ernst;  and  secondly,  on  the  1st  of  Jnly,  1841),  to 
Elizabeth  Ann  Hauiniond  of  Boston,  Mass.,  by  whom  he  had  two  childi-en, 
a  daug'liter  who  died  in  childhood,  and  a  son,  Frederick  \V  illiam  I^rnst, 
who  lately  completed  his  studi(\s  in  the  Yale  'J^heological  Scminai'w  His 
second  wife  is  still  living. 

[Ciimuiiai.  Iiy  liis  widow  nnd  sons,  A])r.-Ma_v.  1871).] 


lOS 


mi;.\I(ii;ami  \ 


*EVAirrS,  .loliy  .JA)\  \.\\.  is;;2. 

*l<syo.  From  IJustou,  M((s». 

.loliii  Jay  Evarts,  eldest  son  of  Jeremiah  (Y.  (J.  1802)  and  Mehetahle 
(Sherman)  Evarts — a  <>rands(tn  of  Roger  Sherman  and  brother  of  the 
present  distinguished  Secretary  of  State — was  born  in  Charlestown,  Mass., 
Dec.  G,  IcSri.  His  parents  removed  to  tlie  neighboring  city  of  iV)ston 
while  he  was  very  yonng.  "He  was  always  a  rather  (juiet,  thoughtful  boy 
.  .  .  attentive  to  his  studies  ...  a  favorite  with  his  teachers  .  .  .  fond  of 
reading."  lie  was  htted  for  college  at  the  Latin  School  in  I'ostoii,  under 
the  late  Frederick  P.  Leverett  as  piincipal.  After  graduation  "he  pro- 
posed to  study  law,  but  intended  to  teach  awhile.  ^Ir.  Leverett  had  left 
the  Latin  School,  and  set  up  a  private  school  in  Boston,  and  ofltered  John 
the  place  of  assistant,  which  he  accepted.  He  taught  for  one  term,  and 
commenced  the  second,  Init  was  ol)liged  to  give  it  up  in  Eeljruary,  1833, 
when  he  was  attacked  with  his  last  sickness."  Li  January  of  that  year  he 
paid  a  handsome  subscription  for  Yale  College,  out  of  his  lirst  (juarter's 
salary.     He  died  in  New  Haven,  Sejtt.  1,  1833. 

Of  so  brief  a  life  there  can  Ite  little  siiid  but  of  what  it  proniised.  Li 
this  case,  however,  the  promise  was  of  no  ordinary  kind  or  degree.  It 
Avas  evident  to  those  who  knew  Evarts  in  college  tluit,  with  his  Sherniaii 
blood,  and  a  father  of  sucli  m;irked  power  as  his  was,  1h'  IkkI  inherited  rare 
ability;  high  scholarship  was  for  him  a  matter  of  course,  and  he  easily 
oxitranked  most  of  his  companions  in  study.  Yet,  even  in  the  immaturitv 
of  his  Youth,  lie  gave  indications  of  possessing  qualities,  partlv  moral  and 
partlv  mental,   such   as   })o\v(;r  of  connnand,   independence  of  sjjirit,  lofty 

109 


MEMORANDA. 

iisjiii-nliiHi,  not  iiiiiiiixcd  witii  soiiiclliiiiL;- ut' (•(iiitciii|)t  lor  all  tliiii;;s  cstcciucil 
l)y  liiiii  low  (ir  iudlisli,  \\lii(li  promised  a  t'ai'  wider  and  liiglier  distinction 
llian  lie  could  attain  in  liis  siioi't  eartldv  career.  Pjspeciidly  was  tliis  triK^ 
after  religion  had,  during  liis  college-lite,  })enetrated  and  hallowed  his 
lieing.  The  justest  tribute  to  his  nie:nor\',  therefore,  will  be  a  citation  of 
some  few  passages  fiom  his  prixatc^  notes,  and  otlier  writiiig-s,  which  g;ive 
aiigurv  of  wliat  lie  would  have  been — nay,  more  certainly,  of  what  he 
now  is,  in  tliat  better  state  of  existence  to  which  he  aspired,  sometimes 
imi)atientl\-,  amid  the  felt  imperfections  of  earth.  For  the  privileg'e  of 
using,  for  this  piu'pose,  some  of  the  pa[)ers  he  lett  behind  him,  we  are 
indebted  to  the;  kindness  of  a  surviving  sister,  who  has,  also,  given  us  the 
few  notes 'on  his  early  days  which  we  have  quoted.  It  should  be  borne 
in  mind,  that  the  writer  was  only  about  twenty  years  old. 
Tiider  date  of  Jan.  2S,  1S32,  he  says: 

"  Ainoiig-  id!  the  ditKculties  which  thu  anient  asjjiraiit  after  excelleiicu  iiuist  meet 
with,  in  endeavoring  to  form  a  manly  and  elevated  character,  there  is  hardly  any  which 
occurs  moi'e  frequently,  or  which  requires  greater  efforts  to  overcome,  than  the 
uniting  of  decision  with  sientleness.  He  indeed  may  he  reverenced  as  a  perfect  man 
who  can  comhine  the  most  unswerving  adherence  to  the  principles  of  honor  and  religion 
with  tlie  kindest  charity  for  the  failings  of  others,  and  the  most  generous  liberality 
towards  all  men  regarding  mere  forms  and  ceremonies.  Such  a  character  seems 
especially  to  be  demanded  from  those  who  at  tlie  present  day  are  to  engage  in  any 
endeavors  to  promote  the  welfare  of  their  fellow-men.  The  spirit  of  this  enlightened 
age  will  not  endure  any  narrowness  or  illiherality  of  sentiment,  and  there  is  ])erhaps 
some  danger  that,  while  we  seek  to  avoid  ])igotry,  we  may  become  indifferent  to 
truth." 

Again,  in   Feln'uary  of  the  same  year   he  writes: 

..."  I  think  that  there  never  can  be  a  truly  noble  spirit  which  does  not,  occa- 
sionally at  least,  feel  dissatisfied  with  this  present  state  of  existence,  and  long  to  be 
freed  from  the  load  of  earthliness  and  sin  which  here  weighs  down  the  immortal 
spirit.  How  glorious  nuist  be  the  transition  from  the  restraint  and  weakness  of  our 
highest  efforts  here  to  the  perfect  freedom  and  the  rejoicing  vigor  of  oiir  moral  and 
intellectual  progress  in  another  state !  Who  would  not  pant  for  a  deliverance  from 
no 


MEMOKANDA. 

iill  tli;it  (leirrades  and  wraUctis  our  iii)l)lcr  nature^  .  .  .  Tlicrc  is  sornctliiiiij  in 
Mian  .  .  .  which  longs  for  a  lii^licr  suhliinity,  a  inon^  r('tinL'(l  and  C'tJK'rc'al  iioanty,  and 
a  iiol)icr  order  of  things,  tiian  hei'c  oxists/'  .   .  . 

I'^-oni  iiii  oviitioii  oil  tlu'  I'rogi'css  oi'  tlic  Spirit  <)\'  I'lnqiiiry  \vc  tiiKc  tlic 
Inllowiiio-  iiitrodiictory  scntcnicos  : 

"It  can  not  l)c  denied  tliaf  we  live  in  a  remarkalilc  era,  .  .  .  Aniid  all  tlie  di\crsc 
aspects  whicli  the  present  period  has  assumed,  one  chai-acteristic.  may  l)e  ilistinctly 
recognized.  The  spirit  of  this  age  is  one  of  free  and  l)old  discussion  .  .  .  I.ihi'rty  of 
tliought,  of  speech  and  of  action,  is  unsliaekled.  .  .  .  Whatever  otJiers  may  think,  I 
rejoice  that  it  is  so  .  .  .  In  view  of  the  eager  and  daring  spirit  of  enipiiry  now  at 
work  among  the  nations,  tliere  is  ground  for  lofty  hopes  and  (dieering  anticipations. 
My  feelings  have  little  sympathy  with  thiit  cautions  and  timorous  sjiiiit  wlii<li  i-egards 
these  signs  of  the  times  as  ominous  of  evil.  Truth  fears  no  discussion.  It  <le|ienils 
not  upon  creeds  fir  ceremonies  of  human  invention.  It  desires  no  support  Ironi  the 
authority  of  great  names,  or  timedionored  usage.  Springing  from  the  throne  (jf  (!od, 
it  partakes  of  the  majesty  of  the  source  from  which  it  emanates.  Its  jKiwi-r  in  over- 
coming errors  consists  not  in  its  agreement  with  hereditary  forms  of  helief,  however 
orthodox,  hut  in  its  own  divine  energy.  The  institutions  of  man  hut  impair  its 
strength  and  retai'd  its  progress." 

Our  last  extracts  are  from   a   |)a})('r()ii  Aiiierifan   Klo([ueiice: 

"Eloqnence  is  the  power  of  transfusing  our  own  feelings  into  the  ho.soms  of 
others  .  .  .  The  orator  differs  from  the  poet  more  in  the  extent  than  in  the  kind  of 
influence  wliich  he  exerts.  He  operates  ujwn  those  feelings  and  passions  which  are 
common  to  all  men.  He  studies  man  in  his  more  general  relations  and  suscej^tibilities. 
The  poet,  on  the  contrary,  devotes  himself  to  the  illustration  of  finer  influences  and 
more  delicate  sensibilities,  hy  which  he  is  distinguished  above  his  fellow-men.  He  is 
less  ac(piainted  with  mankind  than  with  his  own  heart."  .  .  . 

Hut  it  is  not  tlie  writer's  design  to  compare  the  arts  of  elocpience  and 
})oetry,  and  so,  after  showing-  that  the  progress  of  culture  does  not  neces- 
sarily impair  the  strength  and  warmth  of  feeling  on  which  eloquence 
depends,  and  that  American  scenery  and  institutions  are  special  incentives 
to  eloquent  exjiression  of  thought,  he  tiu-ns  his  subject  to  practical  account, 

with  much  foresight  and  sagacity,  as  follows: 

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MF.MOK'ANKA. 

"We  are  contiiiiially  hccoiniiiir  more  (Iciiiocrutic.  T\m  tide  is  tiiriiiiif;,  with 
increasing  force,  to  increase  the  power  and  influence  of  the  jjcople  uikhi  all  pnhlic 
affairs.  Whatever  may  be  oiir  opinion  of  the  l)enefits  to  be  expected  from  this  tendency 
incur  age  and  country,  it  cannot  be  resisted.  It  lias  gathered  such  strengtli  in  its 
progress  tliat  no  human  miglit  is  able  to  stay  its  advancement.  Thus  the  power  of 
moving  the  hearts  of  men  is  becoming  more  and  more  necessary  as  the  passjjort  to 
iiiHiK'ncc  anil  distinction.  It  is  highly  incumbent,  then,  on  every  well-wisher  of  liis 
country  to  make  use  of  the  only  means  of  resisting  the  intrigues  of  designing  men 
within  his  power.  If  strong  appeals  arc  made  to  the  passions  and  interests  of  the 
multitude  Ijy  the  unprincipled,  they  must  be  met  and  rej^elled  by  similar  appeals  from 
the  virtrUous  and  the  patriotic  .  .  .  Such  a  contest  between  vice  and  virtue,  between 
the  iiriiiei|iles  of  order  and  patriotism  and  those  of  confusion  and  party-spirit,  there  is 
reason  to  expect,  will  ere  long  commence  in  this  country.  If  we  consult  the  records 
of  ex]ierience,  or  consider  the  appearances  at  the  present  time,  we  shall  discover  many 
omens  of  an  approaching  crisis  in  the  destinies  uf  our  country.  ( )ur  duties  maj'  be  no 
less  arduous,  as  they  are  certainly  no  less  important,  than  those  of  our  fathers  in  the 
Revolution.  .  .  .  Who  does  not  foresee  that,  at  no  very  distant  day,  when  the  fury  of 
party-spirit,  the  contrariety  of  local  interests,  and  the  restlessness  under  due  restraint, 
now  beginning  to  inaTiifest  themselves,  have  become  augmented,  and  when  the  8])arks 
of  dissension  arc  kindled  into  flame,  liy  the  acts  of  abandoned  politicians,  that  there 
will  be  an  occasion  and  demand  for  the  loftiest  powers  of  eloquence?"  .  .  . 

[E.  K.  S.] 


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MEMORANDA. 


FARLEY,  BENJAMIN  F.,  A.B.  1832. 

From  Hollis,  N.  H. 
Present  address:  Mr.  B.  F.  Farley,  Worcester,  Mass. 

"Dec.  11,  1<S78. 
"I  was  born  at  llollis,  N.  IT.,  Nov.  'if),  1S08.  My  father  was  Benjamin 
M.  Farley  of  the  same  town  ;  my  mother,  Lncretia  Gardner,  danghter  of 
Rev.  Francis  Gardner  of  Leominster,  Mass.  I  was  married  at  Boston, 
March  f),  1  S4(),  to  Mary  K.  White  of  Keene,  N.  H.  I  have  spent  most  of 
my  life  on  a  farm,  a  very  humble  occupation,  but  a  very  desirable  one  to 
those  whose  talents  seem  best  adapted  to  it."  .  .  . 

[Letter  by  himself.] 


U3 


MKMOUANDA. 


FKLLOWES,   /.7r7/J/.7>  S/MI'SON,  A.T3.   18.'52. 

From  New  Yorl: 
Presoiit  :i(ldi'u.ss:  li.  S.  Fellowes,  Esq.,  New  Uuveu,  Conn. 

"Alio-.  14,  1S7S. 

...  "I  was  linni  in  Tvoy,  N.  Y.,  Marcli  4tli,  1S14;  \\\\  father's  iiaiiic 
was  James,  iiiv  motlier's,  Waite  T.  Soon  after  iiradiiation  I  entered  upon 
a  mercantile  life,  tlie  active  \r,\vt  of  which  I  laid  ilown  In  lsr).S,  nnd  left  it 
entirely  in   iNliP,. 

"I  was  niaiTied  in  1839  to  JMunia  Wistar  of  Philadelphia,  and  became 
a,  widower  in  1(S52.  Of  four  diildren,  onr  eldest,  a  son,  died  at  the  ag'e  of 
thirty;   and  three  daughters  are  still  living,  two  of  tliciii   married. 

"I  have  the  liope  that,  when  my  course  here  reaches  the  end,  T  shall 
rest  in  Him  who  is  the  8n\ionr  of  men." 

[Letter  by  himself.] 

To  this  very  brief  note  may  he  added  tliat  Mr.  Fellowes  has  for  years  devoted  liis 
leisure  to  works  of  ptd)lic  and  jirivate  charity,  varied  by  foreign  travel,  and  the  culti- 
vation of  tlie  tastes  of  his  collegedife.  From  the  establishment  of  the  State  Hospital 
for  the  Insane  at  Middletown,  Conn.,  in  lSfi6,  he  has  been  a  member  of  its  Board  of 
Trustees;  and  he  has  tilled  various  other  positions  of  trust  i)ef ore  the  public. — Aj>r., 
1880,  E.  E.  S. 


Ml'.MUK'ANHA. 


*FISHER,   WTLTJAM. 

*1S47.  I''n>iii  riiihiilrlpliid,  I'll. 

William  Fisher,  son  of  Samuel  W.  and  Sarah  Wc^st  (('(xipci-)  FIslicr, 
was  liorii  in  I'liila(lel])liia,  Jan.,  lS],'i.  lla\iti^-  loft  ^'alc  in  ls;;(),  \n-  was 
•^•raduated  at  liut^'ers  ('ulleye  in  1S;V2;  and,  after  stiidxiiii;'  law  in  tlic 
office  of  John  Cadwalader  f>f  Philadelphia — afterwards  dndi^e  of  I'nitcd 
States  Court — was  admittetl  to  the  bar  ( )ct.  S,  ISyf).  lie  lia<l  y-reat  achnira- 
tion  and  esteem  for  Judg-e  Cadwalader,  whose  friend  and  companion,  as 
well  as  pupil,  lie  had  been.  In  1S.')4  he  married  Julia  Palmer  of  j'lliza- 
bethtown  (now  Elizabeth),  N.  J.,  and  "for  the  few  years  his  wedded  life 
continued,  until  his  eai'lj'  death,  his  poi-tion  was  a  very  happy  one.  .  .  . 
Though  possessed,  by  inheritance  from  his  fiither,  of  a  competent  fortune, 
he  buckled  to  the  law  vig-orously,  and  continued  in  its  ])ractice  until  his 
death.  Ilis  temperament  was  naturally  genial  and  jovial,  and  he  belonged 
to  a  family  largely  connected  and  affiliated  with  the  most  prominent  cii'cle 
of  Philadelj^liia  society.  His  social  life,  therefore,  was  always  easy  and 
pleasant.  While  always  mindful  of  the  observances  of  his  chm*ch — the 
Protestant  Episcopal — the  bent  of  his  mind,  some  time  prior  to  his  death, 
became  especially  serious  .  .  .  and  when  he  died  he  was  a  very  devout 
Christian  man."  He  died  June  3d,  1847,  leaving  five  children,  of  whom 
one  died  a  prisoner  at  Andersonville,  being  a  soldier  in  the  Union  army. 
On  his  decease  a  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  ])ar  was  held,  at  which  his 
early  friend  and  teacher  Cadwalader  made  an  address,  and  presented 
resolutions  highly  eulogistic  of  Mr.  Fisher's  professional  and  personal 
character.  The  directors  of  the  ])ublic  schools,  also,  adopted  similai- 
resolutions,  testifying  to  his  "many  noble,  amiable  and  Clmstian  quali- 
ties," as  well  as  to  "his  active  zeal,  untiring  exertions  and  most  useful 
labors  in  the  cause  of  public  education." 

[Commvin.  by  liia  classraatus  S.  0.  B.  .inel  .J.  A.  M.] 

u- 


MKMOlfAN'DA. 


FOOTK,    \V  I  LI  A  AM  (AJJAAAV,  AA).  1832. 

From  North  IJareit,  (Joiui. 
Present  address:  Rev.  W.  C.  Foote,  Yonkei-s,  N.  Y. 

"Nov.  25,  1.S7.S. 

"I  was  born  in  North  Ilavcn,  (*onn.,  Nov.  fitli,  ISll;  my  f'allicr  \v;is 
Joseph  Foote,  M.D.  I  married  in  1S4!I  a  daughter  of  Geo.  Davis,  Esq., 
a  la.\v\er  of  Sturbridge,  Worcester  Co.,  Mass.,  who  is  still  living.  We  liave 
had  two  children,  a  son  who  died  at  the  age  of  six  years,  and  ;i  daughter 
who  still  lives. 

"As  for  my  life-work,  it  has  not  amounted  to  as  much,  by  ;iiiy  means, 
as  I  could  have  desired.  1  studied  theology,  and  it  was  my  purpose  to 
spend  my  life  in  the  ministry  ;  l)ut  my  liealth  tailed,  and  I  felt  obliged  to 
occui)y  another  field  of  labor.  I  got  sick  in,  not  of,  the  ministry.  My 
views  of  the  preeminence  of  that  profession  have  never  changed.  1  was 
never  settled  in  the  ministry,  nor  ordained.  After  giving  up  my  chosen 
profession,  I  devoted  myself  to  teaching  as  the  most  promising  field  (tf 
usefulness.  In  the  spring  of  1'S;j9  I  took  charge  of  a  young  ladies'  semi- 
nary at  Newburgh,  N.  Y.,  where  I  remained  six  years,  and  then  transferred 
my  schoitl  to  this  place  [Yonkers],  where  for  ten  years  longer  \n\  wife 
and  myself  labored,  too  severely,  in  a  successful  boarding-  and  day-scliool. 
We  gave  it  up  then,  in  the  full  tide  of  success,  because  health  (especially 
that  of  my  wdfe)  failed.  A-fter  a  rest  of  two  or  three  years,  I  had  a  day- 
school  foi'  a  nund)er  of  years,  and  then,  on  account  of  failing  health,  gave 
up  teaching.  For  a  number  of  years  past  I  have  not  been  engaged  in  any 
business,  except  of  a  miscellaneous  kind,  occasionally  oftefing  itself. 

110 


MKMOK'ANDA. 

"Ill  tlic  review  of  lile,  I  li;ive  v(!ry  iniieli  to  be  {iTatoliil  for.  Tlioiig-h 
as  teachers  we  have  often  been  disheartened  1)\'  the  apparently  little 
resnlt  of  our  labois,  yet,  as  we  have  followed  onr  yirls,  develo])inji-  and 
inaturiiiL;-  into  noble  women,  we  have  felt  that  onr  liiboi's  were  iu)t  in  vain." 

[Letter  by  liirnself.] 


120 


MKMOKANIM. 


FRAZIER,    WILLIAM,  XM.  1S70. 

From  Sfuuidon,    I'd. 

I 'resent  address :   Hon.  W.  Fraziek,  Stauiitdii,  Vii. 

"Jan.,  1S7!». 
"I  was  born  at  Jt-nning's  Gap,  Angnsta  Co.,  Va.,  on  the  lUtli  ot'  Nov., 
1812.  My  parents  were  James  A.  and  Martha  (Rankin)  Frazicr.  I  was 
fitted  for  college  iit  the  classical  school  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  John  llcndren,  of 
Augusta  Co.  After  leaving  Yale  in  Aug.,  ISoO,  I  entered  the  University 
of  Virginia,  where  I  continued  as  a  student  four  years,  and,  after  graduation 
in  some  of  the  Academic  Schools,  1  studied  law,  and  was  graduated  with 
the  degree  of  l^achelor  of  Law,  taking  also  the  dii)loma  in  medical  juris- 
prudence. I  was  admitted  to  the  jjractice  of  my  profession  at  the  Staunton 
bar  in  Oct.,  1834.  On  the  17th  of  Nov.,  1847,  I  married  Miss  Sue  Massie 
Lewis,  daughter  of  James  A.  Lewis  of  Charleston,  Kanawha  Co.,  Va. ;  by 
whom  I  have  had  eleven  children,  nine  still  living.  After  practising  my 
profession  for  nearly  twenty  years,  with  gratifying  success,  a  sudden 
change  came  which  took  me  from  my  profession,  my  home  and  my  county, 
and  placed  me  in  a  })erfectly  new  and  untried  business.  My  elder  brother, 
a  man  of  great  energy  and  enterprise,  had  recently  bought  the  'Rockbridge 
Alum  Springs'  for  >;150,000,  and  endjarked  for  a  great  enlargement  of  its 
capacity.  lie  had  been  in  possession  only  five  months,  had  paid  little  or 
none  of  the  purchase-money,  and  was  most  vigorously  pushing  forward  a 
large  number  of  new  buildings,  when  he  suddenly  died.  I  was  on  his 
paper  for  the  cntiic  i)urchase-monev.  I  had  to  dro|)  everything,  and  went 
to  Rockbridge,  took  charge  of  the  springs,  carried  forward  the  buildings, 

li  121 


MKMORANDA. 

and  lijul  tliciii  all  rcadx  lor  the  a|i|ir(iacliinL;  \vaterin<jf-seas(»n,  a)i(l  coiitiiiued 
to  hiiild  every  year  dowu  to  the  war;  1)\-  w  liicli  lime  I  liad  cidarged  tlie 
place  to  tlire(!  times  its  capacity  as  lirst  |nircliascd  1)V'  us,  and  <>reatly 
exteiidi'd  its  reputation  as  a  sanitars  resort,  and  paid  otV  tlie  delit.  1 
continued  to  conduct  the  cstablislnnent  till  ISdS-'.l.  ...  1  then  retuincd  to 
my  old  home  here  at  'Oakeiivvold,'  wliich  1  liiiilt  shortly  after  my  marriage. 
After  sixteen  years  of  absence  from  the  bar,  especially  witli  the  great 
chang-es  Avrou<>lit  bv  the  war  in  tlie  organization  of  our  courts  under  luili- 
tary  law,  etc.,  I  had  no  desire  to  return  to  the  ])racti(;e.  1  tried  doing 
nothing  for  two  years,  ami  it  w'as  the  heaviest  woi'k  I  ever  engaged  in. 
So,  having  jtut  m\  place  in  nice  order,  I  leased  ('a])on  Sj)rings  House  in 
Hampshire  (!o..  West  Va.,  and  condiuted  it  for  six  >'ears,  down  to  the 
close  of  ISTG:   and  now  here  again   1   am,  tor  two  years,  idle.   .   .   . 

"1  may  aild  that  I  representeil  this  county  in  the  Virginia  Legislature 
in  1S4'_*,  1S4;>,  1S44  and  1845;  and  during  the  whole  four  years  of  the 
'war  between  the  States'  (that  is  what  we  call  it),  or  the  'civil  war,  I 
represented  the  Rockbridge  l^atli  and  Highland  District  in  the  Virginia 
Senate  at  Richmond. 

"How  well  I  remeud)er  good  old  'Prex.  Hay,'  and  lienjamin  Silliman 
and  my  guardian  Denison  Olmsted,  and  most  of  all  ni)*  friend  and  tutor, 
the  excellent  and  lamented,  Amos  Pettengill !" 

[Lelter  liy  himself.] 

Mr.  Frazier  should  not  Lave  called  himself  "  idle,"  fur  lie  still  interests  himself 
in  public  affairs,  aud  lias  lately  written  articles  for  the  Richiiioud  and  Staunton 
journals,  urging  the  maintenance  of  the  financial  honor  of  his  native  State,  "  with 
manly  and  honest  vigor."  More  recently,  hy  a  sad  change  of  fortune,  in  consequence 
of  endorsements,  Mr.  Frazier  has  been  obliged  to  abandon  his  loved  "  Oakenwold," 
the  home  of  thirty  years,  embellished  by  bis  wealth  and  taste  ;  but  so  honorahly  has 
he  met  this  personal  misfortune  that  his  classmates  have  the  more  reason  to  he  proud 
of  him.— Nov.,  1879,  E.  E.  S. 


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MKMOli'ANDA. 


*FRENCH,   WILLIAM. 

*1852.  From  Ihitou  noni/c,  La. 

"May  and  ,huu:,  ISSO. 
"My  brotlier  Dr.  William  Frcncli  was  the  oldest  child  of  Dr.  ( '.  K. 
French  of  Ijuton  Rouge,  La.  He  was  born  at  that  place  on  the  l;")t]i  of 
March,  1812,  and  was  sent  to  Vale  College  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years. 
After  his  retui-n  iVoin  there  he  was  a.  student  of  medicine  in  I'liiladelphia. 
In  1831)  lie  was  a  practising  pli\siciaii  in  the  parishes  of  (loncordia  and 
Tensas,  lie  married,  in  184,-5,  a  widow  named  Keeton,  and  died  May  4th, 
1852,  much  regretted,  leaving  two  sons,  both  of  whom  are  now  living.  ITis 
health  l)eing  delicate,  he  h.ad  abandoned  his  profession,  and  become  a 
planter,  cultivating  a  large  estate  in  C/oncordia  very  successfully.  He 
was  social  and  genial  in  his  disposition,  and  always  seemed  to  enjoy  pleas- 
ant recollections  of  his  college-friends  ;  a  fine  scholar,  and  an  intelligent 
and  refined  gentleman." 

"I   now  enclose  a   few  lines  of  his   |)oetrv,  in   liis  own    liandwriting: 

•Tu ,  .hiiie,  1S?,± 

'I've  thought  lit'  thee  wlieii  on  the  deep, 

When  all  was  caiin,  serene  and  clear. 

When  every  wave  was  liiishM  in  sleep, 

And  not  a  thought  of  danger  near; 
And  when  the  storm  my  l)ark  has  hish'd. 

Upon  the  wild  and  startled  sea. 
When  the  winds  howl'd  and  liglitnings  flash'd, 
E'en  then  I've  thonght  alone  of  thee. 

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MEMORANDA. 

'  I've  stood  u|ioii  tlic  inoiiiitain's  lirow, 

VVluui  clouds  wci'u  i^atlitT'd  ;it  my  foct, 
And  liiidc  Kiiiiit  Eclio  tlH^iicefortli  know 

Tlie  only  name  she  should  repeat; 
Aye,  there  upon  tlie  dizzy  heiglit 

Where  l)lo()ni'd  nor  sliruli  nor  flower  noi-  tree, 
Whei'e  scarce  iniglit  reach  the  eajrle's  Hiyht. 

I've  stooil  and  fondly  tliou<i-ht  of  thee. 

'  And  oft  when  some  old-fashion'd  son<j 

Has  stolen  on  my  ear  at  eve 
And  wak'd  to  life,  with  feeling  strong, 

The  past  for  which  we  vainly  grieve, 
Then,  when  my  lieart  yet  felt  the  glow 

Of  hoyhood's  yeai's,  when  hope  was  free, 
Kre  it  of  love  or  sorrow  kn(>w. 

E'en  while  I  wept  I  thought  of  thee.'" 


[Letters  liy  ii  sister.] 


124 


MKMdI.'ANDA. 


*FRLS1}Y,  JAMES  KDWAllbS,  kA\.  l.S.'5-2. 

*18o8.  From  BuHiiiiorr,  Md. 

Jame.s  Kdwards  FrLsb}',  son  of  Ricliard  and  Elizaljetli  (Urown)  Frisljy, 
was  l)oni  at  "Oxford,"  the  family-seat  of  his  grandmother  Mrs.  Elizalieth 
Edwards,  about  one  mile  from  Baltimore  on  the  York  Road,  Dee.  22,  ISi;;. 
His  name  first  appears  in  the  catalogue  of  Yale  for  ISoO— 31.  lie  married, 
March  11,  1834,  Eleanor  Merryman,  daughter  of  Nicholas  and  Nancy 
Merryman  of  "Bacon  Hall,"  P>alt.  Co.,  near  (ilencoe.  Tlie  only  issue  of 
this  marriage  Avas  Elizabeth  Edwards  Frisbv,  born  at  "Oxford"  Feb.  12, 
1835.  He  died  Jan.  6,  1838;  his  wife  died  June  7,  1838.  Tlieir  daugliter 
was  married  at  Norfolk,  Va.,  May  4th,  1858,  to  William  Millson  Pendleton, 
nephew  of  Gen.  Jolm  S.  Millson,  Representative  in  Congress  from  that 
district.  From  tliis  union  came  three  children,  of  whom  two  died  in 
infancy,  and  the  last,  named  Wilhelmina  Elizabeth,  born  at  Norfolk,  Va., 
Dec.  23,  1861,  still  lives — "a  young  lady  of  distinguished  beauty  of 
person,  and  most  agreeable  and  attractive  manners." 

[Mostly  from  a  commun.  liy  a  brother-in-law,  .Ian.,  1879.] 


125 


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GOULD,   IK) HACK  JJUNCH,  A.M.   1,S8(). 

Fro)ii.  GlcHii  Co.,  (id. 
Present  address:  11.  1>.  GouLU,  Es(j.,  St.  Siiuou's  Mills  P.  ().,  St.  Siiiuurs  Ishuid,  (la. 

"I  received  two  days  since  v<nir  kind  letter  witli  the  ciiclosurcs,  and 
will  cheerfully  cuini)lv  with  \(mr  I'ecjiiest.  It  <^ives  nie  pleasure  to  he 
reminded  of  my  college-friends,  and  to  Ije  associated  in  any  niainici-  with 
them. 

"A  half-century  has  passed,  and  vet  the  personal  apjiearaiice  of  some 
is  remembered,  though   their   names  have  ])assed  from   my  mind. 

"My  fatlier  was  the  son  of  a  Jievolutionai'v  soldier,  who  died  at  the 
battle  of  Saratoga.  He  was  born  in  Rome,  N.  Y.,  moved  to  Georgia 
early  in  the  century,  and  married  Jane  Harris  of  Nassau,  N.  V.  T  w^as 
born  in  1812,  and  this  island  has  ever  since  been  my  home.  After  my 
return  from  New  Haven  I  led  an  unsettled  life  the  following-  seven  years, 
and  then  connnenced  the  eidtivation  of  the  Sea-Island  cotton,  in  which 
business  I  have  since  continued.  In  1845  I  married  Deborah  Abbott,  a 
native  of  Dublin,  and  a  lineal  descendant  of  John  Abbott,  liisliop  of 
Sussex,  and  brother  of  George  the  Primate  in  the  reign  of  the  second 
James.  We  have  ten  children,  all  living,  and  all  grown  up,  excepting  the 
youngest  boy  now  at  school  in  Utica,  N.  Y. 

"My  life  has  been  entirely  domestic,  I  liaving  always  avoided  politics, 
and  hehl  none  but  imsolicited  county-offices. 

"Should  you  or  any  of  your  friends  visit  this  neighborhood,  it  would 
be  very  pleasing  to  us  if  you  would  favor  us  with  your  comjiauA-,  at  least 
for  a  few  days." 

[Letter  bj'  himself,  April,  ISSO.] 

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MEMORANDA. 


*GRIMKfi,  THOMAS  DUAYTON. 

4830.  From  Charleston,  S.  C. 


*i 


"Dec.  !)tli,  1878. 
"In  the  devastation  which  followed  Gen.  Slicrniaii's  march  through  thi.s 
State,  I  lost  home  and  furniture  and  library,  with  ever\-  portrait  and  every 
picture  of  our  family ;  and  all  my  records  perished,  leaving  a  great  blank. 
This  will  account  for  the  want  of  particularity  in  nuiny  things,  especially 
in  dates.  Sly  brother  Thomas  Grimkc  Drayton  was  the  eldest  of  seven 
sons,  the  chililren  of  the  late  Thomas  Smith  Grimke,  of  Charleston,  S.  C, 
and  his  wife  Sarah  Daniel,  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Drayton.  He  was  born 
in  Charleston  in  the  month  of  July  (I  think),  ]  S13.  His  early  education  was 
carried  on  at  home,  and  indeed  my  father,  I  Ijelieve,  titted  him  for  college. 
His  short  career  at  Yale  nmst  be  fann'liar — he  did  not  graduate,  but  left 
college  in  sympathy  with  some  of  his  (Hass  wlioni  he  deemed  to  have  been 
wronged.  Returning  to  South  Carolina,  he  began  tlie  study  of  law,  but 
soon  abandoned  it,  finding  it  uncongenial.  His  tastes  wei'c  wlioll\'  literary, 
and  he  loved  the  life  of  the  retired  student.  His  cajiacity  for  acquiring 
languages  was  marvellous,  and,  that  he  might  enjoy  greater  advantages, 
he  sold  some  property  left  him  under  mv  grandfather's  will  (ujion  the 
condition  of  his  assuming  his  mother's  name  DraS'ton — which  explains  \vh\- 
his  was  reversed,  Grimke  Drayton,  instead  of  Drayton  Grindvu),  and  sailed 
for  Germany,  where  he  first  studied  under  the  celebrated  grammarian  Dr. 
Carl  Becker,  at  Offenbach,  near  Frankfort-on-the-Main  ;  and  afterwards 
removed  to  Slunich,  where  he  lived  until  recalled  by  mv  father's  deatb,  in 
Oct.,  1834.     He  pursued  his  studies  in  Charleston  until   Feb.,  iSoG,  when 

s  129 


MKMORANDA. 

liis  life,  so  lull  ut"  lu'illiaiit  pmiiiiso,  was  suddenly  eiit  nil',  lie  had  been 
on  a  visit  to  the  old  faniily-honie  in  St.  Andi'cws  parisli,  which  has  been 
in  the  family  since  the  be,t;inning'  of  1700,  and  \\  here  r6st  the  remains  of 
six  generations;  and  was  upon  his  return  to  Charleston,  when  the  horse 
became  excited,  and,  In  the  effort  to  control  him,  a  ,i;nn,  whicli  lay^  between 
himself  and  a  little  German  boy,  was  discharged,  wounding  the  latter 
slightly,  but  burying  the  greater  part  of  the  load  in  his  own  side.  He 
was  taken  back  to  the  house,  a  few  rods  distant,  a\  here  he  breathed  his 
last  about  midnight. 

"He  possessed  rare  talents,  and  would  doidjtless,  if  spared,  have  left  a 
name  in  the  world  of  letters.  He  was  perfectly  at  home  in  the  classics, 
wrote  and  spoke  German  with  the  same  ease  and  accvu-acy  whi(di  charac- 
terized him  in  the  nse  of  his  native  tongue,  was  familiar  with  French  and 
Italian,  and  at  the  time  of  his  (h^ath  was  mastenng  the  Tui-kish.  He  had 
translated  lai'gely  from  the  works  of  Goethe  and  Schiller  into  En<>lish 
verse,  beside  productions  of  his  own  mind,  some  published  and  some 
unpublished." 

[Letter  from  a  brother.] 


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MEMORANDA. 


*GUP]RNSEY,  JAMES  AUGUSTUS. 

*1847.  From  I'if/sfi.nl,  X.  Y. 

"J;iiues  Aug-ustiis  Guernsey  was  tlic  sou  of  Jaincs  Kassoii  (hienisey, 
wlio  belonged  to  an  old  New  England  family,  and  Ilainiali  Ti-owbridge, 
whose  fatlier  was  also  of  English  descent.  lie  was  horn  at  Ijinia,  Livings- 
ton Co.,  N.  Y.,  on  the  2d  of  Nov.,  ISII.  The  family  ivniove<l  to  Pittsford, 
Munroe  Co.,  in  1S24.  When  James  left  Yale  College,  he  (-onnnenced  the 
study  of  law,  in  the  ofiice  of  M.  F.  Delano  in  Pittsford;  and,  after  being 
admitted  to  tlie  bar,  he  continued  to  jiractise  there  initil  1841,  when  he 
removed  to  Jackson,  Miss.,  where  he  died  in  1S47.  lie  was  never 
married."  .  .  . 

[Leltcr  from  a  .sister.] 


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MEMOIv'ANDA. 


*HALE,  REUBEN  CHARLES. 

*1863.  From  Letvistown,  I'a. 

Reuben  Charles  Hale,  son  of  Elias  White  and  Jnue  Mulhollan  Hale, 
was  born  in  Lewistown,  lAl ifflin  Co.,  Pa.,  Oct.  lo,  ISl'J.  IJefore  entering 
college  he  studied  in  Lewistown,  in  Mifflin,  Juniata  ('o..  Pa.,  and  at  the 
Militaiy  Academy  of  Capt.  Alden  Partridge  in  Middletown,  Conn.  Leav- 
ing Yale  in  1S.")0  he  studied  law  at  Bellefonte,  Centre  Co.,  Pa. ;  married 
May  12,  ISoO,  at  West  Hartford,  Conn.,  Sarah  Jane  Mills  of  that  place; 
and  resided  and  practised  law  in  Lewistown  until  May  l!2,  IS."").'!,  when, 
having  been  appointed  Surveyor  of  the  Port  at  Philadelphia,  he  rc'mo\ed 
to  that  city.  In  1857  he  resumed  the  practice  of  law  in  I'hiladelphia.  In 
1861  he  was  made  Quarter  Master  General  of  Pennsylvania.  In  1862  he 
removed  to  Harrisburg,  Pa,.  In  June,  1863,  after  some  months  of  ill 
health  brought  i>n  l»y  (exposure  and  overwork  in  tlie  discharge  of  his 
duties,  he  went  to  tlie  residence  of  his  brother  at  Logan's  Spi-ing  near 
Lewistown,  where  lie  dicil  Jidy  2d,  ISi;;;.  AVhile  residing  in  Lewistown, 
he  was  for  many  years  Major-General  of  Volunteers,  and  was  connnonly 
called  General  Hale. 

His  life  was  one  of  "lioly,  humljle  and  obedient  walking  before  God." 
He  had  eight  children,  of  Avhoni  two  died  in   infancy,  and  three  sons 
and   three  daughters  are  still   living.     The  eldest  is   Rev.  Dr.  Charles   R. 
Hale  of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  Baltimore. 

[Conimuu.  liy  <a  son.] 

1.-53 


MEMOKANDA. 


HKIJAKI),  ALFUEl),  A.H.   18;52. 

Fru)it.  IViiulliaiii,  Conn. 
Present  address:  Hon.  A.  IIebabd,  lied  Oak,  Muntgunicry  Co.,  Iowa. 

Alfred  II(d)iir(l,  son  of  Am^iistiis  niid  IJatlislud);!  (LcnniL'd)  llcljard,  was 
boni  in  Wiiidliaiii,  Coim.,  JMay  10,  1<S10.  ( )ii  leaving  college  he  engag-ed 
at  once  in  teaching,  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  in  the  Edgehill  Seminary,  under 
the  care  of  Pr<d".  iudxM't  I'atton  and  afterwards  of  Rev.  E.  C  Wines.  .Mxnit 
two  years  later  he  took  charge  of  a.  scho<d  for  the  education  of  ho\s  in 
New  London,  ("onn.  After  about  two  years  more  of  service  as  a  teacher 
he  became  infected  with  the  spirit  of  Greelyisni,  went  to  the  West,  and  was 
engaged  in  engineering  service  on  a  projected  railroad  from  La w  renceburg 
to  Indianapolis,  in  Indiana,.  The  following  year,  improvements  (»f  that 
kind  being  suspended,  on  account  of  financial  stringency,  he  again  went 
westward,  and  did  not  halt  till  he  was  beyond  the  Father  of  Waters,  in 
Southern  Iowa,  near  Burlington.  Here  he  began  log-cabin  life  in  "ood 
earnest,  improving  speedily  a  large  farm,  which  became  his  home  for  nearly 
fifteen  years.  In  1841  he  married  Anne  M.  Htmtington  of  New  London, 
Conn.  (_)f  four  (diildi-en  of  this  marriage  two  still  live,  and  two  were  taken 
aw^ay  early  in  life.  From  18f)3  he  engaged  again  in  the  service  and  con- 
struction of  railroads  for  several  years.  During  the  late  civil  war  he  was 
employed  in  maintaining  lines  of  railway  in  Southern  Missouri  antl  Ten- 
nessee, being  located,  while  thus  occupied,  first  at  St.  Louis  and  afterwards 
at  Nashville.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  eni>-a"ed  in  rebuildino- 
bridges  in  Tennessee,  Georgia  and  Alabama.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
last   Territorial  Legislature  that  held   its    session  at  Burlington:    also  of 

135 


MEMOK'ANDA. 

sevenil  of  the  first  Log'islatures  <if  tlio  new  Stiito  of  I(i\\;i.  Aftci'  :ni 
absence  of  some  eight  years,  just  Ijeforc,  (liiriiij>'  and  after  th(!  wai-,  he 
returned  to  Iowa  and  settkid  himself  at  lied  <  )ak,  Montgomery  Co.,  in 
tl  10  south-western  part  of  the  State.  In  l.sTf)  he  was  elected  to  the  State 
Senate  for  four  years;  and  in  1879  was  retnrned  for  four  years  more.  lie 
was  one  of  the  two  United  States  Commissioners  from  Iowa  to  the  Paris 
Ex^josition. 

r)uring  the  last  ten  years  he  has  been  ])artially  occupied  in  caring  for 
real-estate  interests,  from  which  and  from  other  industries  he  is  said  to 
have  acquired  a  moderate  fortune  for  a  new  country. 

'i'he  foregoing  statements,  substantially  at  second-hand,  liave  been 
made  necessary  by  the  reserve  of  the  following  letter,  received  from  Mr. 
Hebard  last  year: 

"Red  Oak,  Iowa,  Mar.  4,  1879. 

•  •  •  "  I  found  a.  note  fi'oin  yuu  on  my  return  fnini  Europe  in  December  last, 
and  perliaps  1  have  received  another  since,  intimating  the  purjwse  you  have  in  view. 
.  .  .  Really,  I  have  had  but  little  time  on  my  hands.  Detained  some  seventy  days, 
last  winter,  at  our  State  Capital,  as  a  mend)er  of  oiu'  Senate,  then  leaving  home,  soon 
after  having  been  relieved  of  public  duties,  for  a  tour  in  Europe,  I  have  liardly  had 
time,  as  yet,  to  become  settled  again  in  my  ordinary  routine  of  home-affairs.  I 
suppose  vou  will  de])en(l  largely,  for  tlie  materials  of  your  book,  upon  a  partial  auto- 
biography of  each  cliissnuite  who  is  living.  That  would  be  rather  a  delicate  matter 
for  me,  having  always  shrunk  from  notoriety,  reluctant  to  vaunt  my  virtues  or  xuiveil 
my  vices  before  a  curious  public.  Mine  has  been  mostly  a  frontier-life,  as  I  moved 
to  Iowa  l)efore  she  was  a  State.  Sharing  in  her  councils  at  the  beginning  (tf  her 
political  life,  as  well  as  in  her  later  years,  I  nnght  claim,  I  suppose,  my  mite  of  influ- 
ence in  shaping  her  institutions  and  developing  her  resources.  But  my  life,  if  not 
an  entire  failure,  has  come  far  short  of  what  it  should  have  been.  I  feel  that  I 
can  really  be  charged  with  very  little  that  is  meritorious  enough  to  be  put  in  print ; 
and  it  appears  to  me  that  the  recital  of  the  ordinary  events  of  any  life  would  not  be 
very  interesting  outside  of  the  circle  of  fannly  and  personal  friends.  We  ai-e  born, 
live  and  die,  after  all,  very  much  alike.  Still  I  know  that  an  active  industry, 
guided  Ijy  lofty  and  worthy  purposes,  is  nearly  always  crowned  with  marked  achieve- 
ments, which   give  credit   and   renown.     It  has  been   my  ndsfortuue  to  be  severed 

136 


MEMdlfANDA. 

almost  entirely  from  my  classmatefi,  since  leaving  cdllegc,  liaviiii;'  met  vei'y  few  of 
them  at  all,  and  only  one  whose  society  I  was  privileged  to  enjoy  foi-  a  sliort  time. 
If  they  have  all  made  a  better  use  of  life  than  I  liave,  and  have  done  more  good  in 
the  world,  it  shall  he  with  me  an  occn.sion  of  rejoicing,  and  not  of  regret  liecuise  I 
am  overshadowed  .  .  ." 

[Fob.,  1 880.— E.  K.  S.] 


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MKMOK'ANDA. 


*inTCH(X)CK,  HENRY  LAWRENCE,  A. II   l.Sri2. 

*1873.  Erom  Burton,  Ohio. 

"Henry  Lawrence  llitclicock  was  born  in  IJurton,  Geanga  Co.,  Ohio, 
Oct.  31,  1813.  Ilis  father,  Hon.  Peter  Hitchcock,  a  native  of"  Cheshire, 
Conn.,  graduated  at  Yale  in  ISOl,  and  removed  to  Burton  in  iSOd,  becom- 
ing afterwards  a  member  of  Congress,  and  Chief  Justice  of  the  State.  His 
motlier  was  Nabby  Cook,  daughter  of  Ehmi  Cook  of  Cheshire.  On  liis 
ffraduation  he  returned  home,  and  for  two  years  had  charge  of  the  Burton 
Academy,  at  which  he  had  been  prepared  for  college ;  and  remained  in 
Burton  another  year,  engaged  partly  in  private  teaching,  and  partly  in 
studying  theology.  In  the  autumn  of  1835  he  entered  Lane  Theological 
Seminary,  then  under  the  care  of  Dr.  Lyman  Beecher,  where  he  spent  two 
years.  In  1837  he  received  at  Burton  his  license  to  preach,  and  during 
the  same  year  was  ordained  })astor  of  the  (congregational  clnu'ch  in  ]\Iorgan, 
Ashtabula  Co.,  Ohio,  where  he  labored  for  two  and  a  half  years.  In  1840 
he  was  called  to  Columbus,  to  take  charge  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
church  then  recently  formed.  Here  ho  labored  with  great  ardor  and 
success,  until  elected  President  of  Western  Reserve  College,  ]\Iay  31,  1855. 
He  found  the  college  in  a  languishing  condition,  but  bv  his  untiring-  energy 
relieved  it  of  debt,  and  [)laced  it  on  a  firmer  foundation.  Its  greatly 
improved  condition  is  a  visible  memorial  of  his  administration,  which  la.sted 
fifteen  years;  during  which  time  he  not  only  performed  the  duties  of 
President — including  the  unusual  burthen  of  raising,  collecting,  investing 
and  superintending  the  funds  of  the  college — but  was  also  the  college- 
pastor,  and  instructed  in  Natural  Theology  and  the  Evidences  of  Chiis- 


139 


MEMOlv'ANDA. 

tiaiiity.  Uiidcr  this  ;icciiiiiiil;iti(Hi  dl'  hilioi's,  Iikwcnci-,  liis  liualtli  i^uve  way, 
and  Ik;  sjx'iit  tlic  winter  of  1SG7-S  in  Imho])!'.  iietiirniiig  home  in  June, 
iSliS,  he  (•(iiitiniicd  at  the  licad  nf  tlie  college  for  three  years  longer;  and 
then  insisted  mi  (hupjting  all  the  responsibilities  of"  President,  retaining 
only  the  duties  of  pastor  and  teacher.  He  died  at  Hudson,  Ohio,  after  a 
two  w^eeks'  illness  of"  typhoid  fever,  July  6,  1873. 

"He  received  the  degree  of  Ductoi-  of  Sacred  Theology  from  Williams 
College  m  1855." 

Doctor  Hitchcock  had  "great  power  as  a  preacher,  and  was  distin- 
guished for  his  executive  ability  ;  yet  his  modesty  and  self-distrust  were 
such  as  to  make  it  very  hard  for  him  to  do  his  duty,  especially  in  the  early 
part  of  his  public  life."  .  .  .  "He  had  wonderful  patience,  trust  and  con- 
tentment, ill  doing  duty,  the  result  of  influences  falling  upon  a  mind  and 
heart  of  singular  natural  goodness.  He  was  alwaj^s  ready  for  service,  no 
matter  how  Iiumble  the  work,  how  hard,  how  unpopular.  He  was  amaz- 
inglv  self-sacrificing." 

He  "was  married  in  Dec,  1S37,  to  Miss  Clarissa  M.  Ford,  daughter  of 
Stephen  Ford  of  Burton;  and  had  eleven  children,  of  whom  five,  with  their 
mother,  are  now  living.  Two  of  the  sons  were  graduated  at  Western 
Reserve  College  in  1S5!>;  the  elder  of  whom  is  a  clergyman,  and  the 
younger  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Stone  River  in  Tennessee,  Dec.  31, 
1862." 

[Obit.  Rec,  etc.,  No.  -l  of  the  second  printed  series;   aud  Iti  Meiuoriaiu  printed  at  ('leveland  in  1S7H.] 


140 


MEMORANDA. 


*nOI)GKS,  ELKANAII  II. 

*1861.  Frovi  TorriiigtoH,  Conn. 

Elkanali  H.  Hodges,  son  of"  Erastus  and  Lanva  (Looniis)  Hodges,  was 
l.orii  at  Torrington,  Coim.,  Jan.  12,  1S12.  He  left  Yale  in  1S;{0,  and 
settled  in  Torrington  as  a  merchant  and  mannfacturer,  but,  though  talented, 
was  always  unsuccessful.  A])out  1(S4S-!I  lie  removed  to  San  Francisco, 
Ual.,  became  a  lawyer,  and  did  very  well,  but  died  a  })oor  man,  at  8an 
Francisco,  in  Feb.,  18G1.  He  married  Mary  Purdy,  and  had  one  child, 
who  died  young. 

[Mostly  commun.  by  a  nephew] 


141 


MEM(H;.\M).\. 


HOFF,  JOHN  FRANCIS,  A.M.  ls71i. 

From  Litiicdslcr,  I'a. 
Present  address:   Rev.  Dr.  .1.  1'',  IIoff,  Towsmitiiwii,  l*>:ilt.  <'<).,  M<1. 

"Rev.  John  Frmici.s  IIoflF,  D.I).,  wns  honi  in  Lancaster,  Pa,.,  Jan.  10, 
1814,  the  son  of  Georye  and  Margaret  llott".  Entered  tlie  Hoplioniorc 
Chiss  of  Yale  in  tlie  aiitiunn  of  182'J.  Left  the  foUowing-  si)ring-.  In 
1831  entered  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  and  was  graduated  in  IS.;;;. 
Was  for  two  years  a  student  in  the  Theological  Seminaiy  of  Virginia,  near 
Alexandria.  In  183()  was  graduated  from  the  General  Theol.  Seminary  of 
the  Prot.  Kpisc.  C'linrch,  in  New  York.  In  duly  of  the  same  year  was 
ordained  deacon,  and  tor  two  years  was  minister  of  several  churches  in  tlic 
Juniata,  Pa.,  residing  at  Lewistown,  Avhere  he  was  fortunate  in  liaving  flic 
active  aid  of  his  former  classmate  in  Yale,  R.  C  Hale.  In  1838  removed  to 
Georgetown,  D.  C.,  and  l)ecame  rector  of  Christ  Church.  Li  the  follow  ing- 
year  married  Juliana  Johnson  Ross,  daughter  of  William  and  Catherine 
W.  Ross  of  Fredericktown,  Md.  In  consequence  of  imperfect  health 
resigned  the  I'ectorship  in  1843,  and  sought  restoration  by  a  sojourn  in 
England,  Germany,  etc.  Returned  in  1844,  and  commenced  clerical  (lute- 
in St.  Mark's  parish,  Fredericktown,  Md.  Thence  removed  to  Millwood, 
Clark  Co.,  Va.,  and  was  rector  of  CIn-ist  Church  from  1847  to  1858.  Since 
then  has  been  rector  of  Trinity  Church  in  Towsontown,  Bait.  Co.,  Md., 
a  part  of  that  time  having  charge,  also,  of  Sherwood  clnuch.  Ten  years 
since  received  the  honor  of  Doctorate  in  Divinity  from  William  and  Mary 
College  in  Virginia.  He  is  the  author  of  a  series  of  tracts,  and  of  otlicr 
writings,  bearing  on  questions  of  doctrine  and  polity  in  his  oavu  church. 
His  family,  at  present,  consists  of  himself  and  wife  and  seven  cliildren, 
four  of  them  sons." 

[Coinniiin.  by  himself,  Feb.,  ISTO.] 

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HOLLINGSWORTH,  J.   YELLOTT. 

From  Elkridge,  Md. 
Present  address :  Dr.  J.  Y.  IIollingsworth,  Beauvoir,  Harrison  Co.,  Miss. 

"Elkton  by  Beauvoir,  Aug.  6tli,  1880. 
"I  was  born  in  Baltimore,  IMd.,  April  13,  1813,  and  was  l^aptized  by 
the  name  of  Yellott  in  memory  of"  Ca])t.  Yellott,  a  Baltimore  merchant 
wild  adopted  and  brouglit  n\)  my  mothei" — he  it  was  avIio  devised  the 
model  of  the  fast  sailing  'clippers,'  so  famous  until  the  introduction  of 
steam -navigation.  Being  prevented  from  returning  to  Yale,  after  tlie 
Freshman-j^ear  of  the  Class,  I  was  led  to  the  study  of  medicine  by  the 
advice  of  my  family-physician,  Dr.  Denny  of  Ellicott  ^lills,  who  with 
untiring  patience  grounded  me  in  the  elementary  branches,  so  that  I  was 
better  prepared  than  many  for  the  lecture-room.  At  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  I  was  inider  the  instruction  of  my  uncle  William  Gibson, 
the  eminent  surgeon  and.  professor  of  surgery  in  that  institution;  one 
of  whose  sayings:  'He  is  the  most  skillful  surgeon  who  kno\\s  when 
not  to  operate'  impressed  itself  upon  me  for  life.  Here  I  had  the  com- 
panionship of  Henry  Tennent,  William  French,  J.  Hampden  Lewis 
and  Alfred  Stille,  who  had  all,  like  myself,  been  members  of  the  Class  of 
1832  in  Yale  College.  I  took  my  degree  as  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1834. 
With  the  prestige  of  family,  and  widely  extended  associations  growing  out 
of  it,  I  had  every  inducement  to  settle  in  my  native  city;  but,  distrusting 

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my  al)ilitios,  cliose  to  seek  a  home  amoiij^-  strang'ers.  Dr.  Tenrieiit  had 
estabhshed  liimself  near  Natchez,  and  urged  me  to  go  to  that  city ;  an 
intimate  friend  Dorsey,  too  (S.  W.  Dorsey,  Y.  C.  1830),  had  gone  to 
Vicksburg  to  practice  law.  So  I  went  southward.  Instead  of  remaining 
in  Natchez,  however,  having  heard  of  a  country  where  it  was  a  matter  of 
hfe  or  dentil  to  the  unacclimated  to  reside,  I  at  once  plunged  into  it  in  the 
year  183G.  There  I  very  soon  had  a  form  of  disease  to  combat  which 
was  new  to  me,  but,  turning  away  from  tlie  'heroic  treatment'  which 
prevailed  around  me,  I  followed  the  simple  light  of  my  books,  and  with 
signal  siiccess,  thoug-h  I  myself  had  for  a  time  to  succumb  to  the  disease. 
This  was  my  first  essay  in  assuming  the  responsibilities  of  life.  It  incul- 
cated many  lessons,  which  I  have  since  endeavored  to  live  up  to;  and 
'sempei'  paratus'  was  truly  the  motto  for  me  with  my  vigor  of  constitution 
and  pliant  temperament.  My  perceptive  faculties  are,  I  believe,  uncommon; 
while  for  my  patience  and  self-denial,  I  have  been  often  charged  by  friends, 
in  the  way  of  pleasantry,  with  being  the  most  domestic  of  men :  the  sense 
of  duty  has  ever  held  me  back  from  hasty  alienations.  So,  also,  from  the 
almost  universal  folly  of  that  day,  of  drinking  'as  a  preventive  of  the  fever,' 
I  forbore,  having  never,  from  the  age  of  thirty-five  to  the  present  time, 
partaken  of  alcoholic  drinks,  nor  felt  any  desire  for  them;  to  which  I 
attribute   my  buoyancy  and  equanimity. 

"In  1841  I  captured,  or  was  caj^tured  by,  one  of  proud  Natchez's 
daughters,  Miss  Walker,  of  a  very  large  family-  connection  scattered  over 
Louisiana  and  Mississippi,  she  being  the  niece  and  ward  of  John  Routh, 
then  the  largest  cotton-planter  of  the  South.  Up  to  this  time  my  profes- 
sional practice  had  exacted  all  my  time,  while  it  would  have  been  remun- 
erative beyond  my  wants,  had  I  been  attentive  to  my  collections — which 
I  was  not,  for  I  had  no  fancy  for  any  sort  of  speculation ;  and  I  may  here 
mention  that,  with  no  political  aspirations,  I  had  no  desire  to  appear  before 
the  public  in  any  marked  or  popular  manner.  A  night-reader,  it  has  been 
always  my  practice  to  read  at  that  time,  and  onlv  dxiring  the  past  two 
years  have  I  needed  glasses  for  small  print. 

"I    settled  with  my  young  wife  on    her   plantation,  at    Hard  Tomes 


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Liuifliiig,  La.,  the  outlet  of  lake  St.  .I(isc|)li,  twciity-iive  miles  of  land 
within  its  crescent  and  its  entire  suridinidin^s  belonging  to  one  and  the 
same  family.  We  dwelt  there  for  th(^  next  twenty-one  years  in  nninter- 
rupted  conteutnient  and  prosperity.  My  six  children  were  horn  there. 
Love  for  my  profession  absorbed  nie,  and  my  wide  circle  of  fVicnds  had 
given  me  repute  as  a  successfnl  physician.  With  warm  friends,  s(»m<'  of 
them  sharing-  my  own  literary  tastes,  onr  lives  had  little  alloy,  and  as  we 
all  connnniKMl  in  the  same  churcli  we  had  reason  to  feel  blessed. 

"P)}'  and  by  came  the  year  18G1,  and  with  it  war,  and  from  18G2  to 
the  present  time  there  has  been  no  rest.  Of  an  old  Federalist  family, 
whose  boast  was  that  they  had  no  democratic  blood  in  their  veins,  I  was  a 
veritable  Whig ;  so  also  were  all  my  connections.  When  one  day  'the 
party'  fused  know-nothingism  into  it,  we  demurred,  and  some  of  us 
dropped  the  party  and  politics.  When  next  the  party  engrafted  aboli- 
tionism upon  itself,  we  could  not  but  regard  it  as  a  first  blow  at  the  South. 
( )ur  peaceful,  union-loving  neighborhood  felt  that  there  was  nothing  left 
for  us  but  to  peacefully  retire:  our  prosperity,  nay,  even  our  vitality  as  a 
people  required  this.  ...  So  we  foimd  ourselves  secessionists,  and  after  a 
time,  having  been  whi^iped  out  of  every  thing,  we  had  to  give  up  secession 
too.  The  old  Whig  party  grafted  on  itself  yet  another  branch,  which  it 
named  republicanism,  but  we  called  it  radicalism,  and  had  no  name  remain- 
ing for  ourselves  but  'Hard-up'  Democrats.  .  .  .  And  where  are  all  the 
peace-loving  friends  of  our  lake-neighborhood,  united  together  in  the 
sentiments  of  the  old  times  of  the  Union  t — all  gone  !  Some  of  the 
elders  died  of  grief,  many  of  them  battling,  as  they  thought,  for  their 
rights ;  some  of  the  younger  ones  tried  to  plant,  but  went  to  ruin,  as  I  did 
too.  I  alone  am  left  of  the  old  set,  and  do  not  expect  to  return.  'Fate  of 
war' — yes,  but  it  occm-s  to  me  that  my  Whig  ancestors  were  somewdiere 
wrong,  else  principles  lie.  .  .  .  Presently  came  the  year  1863,  wdien  I  had 
the  honor  of  a  call,  a  visit,  from  General  Grant  and  his  90,000  ...  it  was 
a  grand  show,  but  I  did  not  enjoy  it  much  !  They  were  to  make  the  grand 
entry  into  Mississippi,  rested  with  me  two  weeks,  and  only  used  my  house 
for  their  hospital ;  and  they  sent  up  a  yellow  flag,  for  'protection,'  to  the 


MEMORANDA. 

top  of  the  lig'lituing-rod.  T  liad  liai'd  fighting'  i'or  that  flag  after  the  anny 
left,  for  every  gun-boat  that  came  along  blazed  away  to  see  how  near  it 
could  strike  and  not  knock  me  over ;  and  then  an  officer  came  to  know 
why  I  did  not  take  down  that  flag;  I  answered  'hospital !'  and  noticed  the 
flag  never  struck.  .  .  .  Presently  Gen.  Sherman's  rear  of  25,000  came  and 
rested  a  week.  The  only  'treat'  I  had  in  all  those  tla-ee  weeks  was  from 
Gen.  Sherman.  He  sent  for  me  ;  I  had  been  so  suiTOunded  with  dumb 
show  that  I  regarded  it  as  an  order,  and  went,  and  found  him  tented  in  my 
garden,  the  only  place  left — true,  it  was  clean,  not  a  vestige  of  grass,  nor 
any  thing  else  !  He  was  seated  with  his  staff  of  five  and  twenty,  under  a 
wide  spreading  fig-tree,  and  saluted  me,  on  my  approach,  with:  '1  want  to 
have  an  old  secession-talk.'  When  one's  lips  have  been  closed  a  couple  of 
weeks,  and  suddenly  opened,  they  are  apt  to  be  free  ;  so,  as  neither  of  us 
was  'afraid,'  we  did  have  a  talk,  up  and  down,  nearly  the  whole  of  the  day. 
He  thought  it  'poor  malice  to  burn  ii])  my  cottons  [which  had  been  done 
bv  order  of  the  Confederate  govenmient],  because  they  made  poor 
women's  clothing,  who  had  nothing  to  do  with  tlie  fighting' — a  view  I  had 
not  ta.ken.  .  .  .  After  the  general's  departure,  I  received  a  letter  of  pro- 
tection, which  I  found  of  essential  service  with  the  camp-followers. 

"The  war  has  passed,  followed  by  its  train  of  demoralization.  Self- 
denial  made  us  ver}^  thin,  and  but  few  of  us  have  fattened  since.  Still  we 
are  seeking  new  life,  and  hope  for  prosperity.  For  myself,  with  the  loss 
of  every  thing  but  my  good  name,  I  have  been  saddened  by  the  loss  of  my 
children,  only  two  remaining.  My  firm  constitution  gave  way  luider  the 
shock  and  from  malaria,  and  admonished  me  to  a  change  of  climate. 
Accordingly,  after  living  at  the  plantation  for  five  years  in  much  depriva- 
tion, we  abandoned  it  in  1870,  and  rested  in  New  Orleans.  There  I  hoped 
to  meet  Dr.  J.  Hampden  Lewis,  as  I  found  we  were  alike  members  of  the 
Medical  Society ;  it  so  happened  we  did  not.  .  .  .  My  family  did  not 
improve  in  health,  so  that  I  paid  a  visit  to  this  coast,  and  found  it  so 
delightful  as  a  residence,  and  so  healthful,  that  I  called  on  my  friend 
Dorsey  to  join  me,  which  he  did,  and  we  purchased  adjoining  properties. 
The  purity  of  the  air  was  marvellous  in   its  eftect  on  all  of  us.  .  .  .  The 

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only  complaint  I  have  to  make  is  that  witli  my  restored  liealth  my  practice 
here  is  circmnscribecl."  .  .  . 

[Letter  by  himself.] 

To  tins  interestinjw  sketch,  so  alxnmding  in  graphic  touches,  hotli  ])lcasiiig  iind 
pathetic,  a  hrother  adds  his  testimony  to  "the  very  general  esteem  entertained  U>r 
him  hy  all  with  whom  he  has  held  comjJMiiionslii]!,"  and  says  also:  "  My  hrdtlier  is 
passionately  fond  of  horticulture,  and  is  still  enjoying  his  'otium  cum  dignitate'  in 
the  cultivation  of  the  orange  and  grape,  immediately  upon  the  Gulf  of  Mexico. 
Really  he  lives  in  his  garden,  and  has  the  choicest  fruits  to  he  found  anywhere.  .  .  . 
He  has  of  late  met  with  a  great  loss  in  tlie  destruction  of  his  family-residence,  and  all 
the  out-huildings,  hy  fire.  His  lihrary  in  itself  was  a  great  loss,  as  well  as  many  objects 
of  virtu,  paintings,  etc.,  on  all  of  which  there  was  not  a  dollar  <>f  insurance."  The 
omission  of  any  reference  to  tliis  loss,  by  our  friend,  gives  us  another  glimpse  of  his 
character. — E.  E.  S. 


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HOPKINS,  SAMUEL  MILES,  A.M.  1835. 

From  Alhnny,  N.  Y. 
Present  address:  Rev.  Prof.  S.  M.  Hopkins,  D.D.,  Aiiljurn,  N.  Y. 

"My  father,  Samuel  M.  Hopkins,  was  a  descendant  in  the  direct  Une 
from  John  Hopkins  of  Waterbnry,  Conn.,  who  died  in  that  place  in  1732, 
through  his  second  son  Stejthen.  Tlie  third  son  Timothy  was  the  direct 
ancestor  of  Dr.  ]\Iark  Hopkins  of  Williams  Colleg-e.  My  mother  was  the 
daughter  of  Moses  Rogers  of  New  York  City,  of  the  firm  of  Rogers  & 
Woolsey  (see  'The  Old  Merchants  of  New  York').  Her  motlier  was 
daughter  of  Ik^njamin  AYoolsey,  Jr.,  son  of  Rev.  Benjamin  Woolsey  of 
Dosoris.  The  other  daughter,  Mary,  was  wife  of  President  Dwight  of 
Yale  College  (see  B.  W.  Dwight's  'Descendants  of  John  Dwiglit,'  vol.  ii, 
p.  1005).  My  father  studied  at  Yale  College,  and  received  from  it  the 
degree  of  LL.D.,  at  the  time  of  my  entering.  Pie  began  the  practice  of 
the  law  in  New  York  City,  was  afterwards  Judge  of  the  District  Court  of 
the  United  States,  and  Member  of  the  xiiith  Congress.  He  died  in  Geneva, 
N.  Y.,  in  1S37. 

"I  was  l)orn  in  the  villaga  of  Geneseo,  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y.,  .4ug.  8th, 
1813,  my  father  having  not  long  before  witlidrawn  troni  the  jtractice  of 
the  law,  and  invested  largely  in  the  magiiificent  lands  of  the  Genesee  flats. 
In  the  year  1S21,  this  enterprise  having  proved  unfortunate  from  embar- 
rassments connected  with  the  war,  he  removed  to  the  city  of  Albany,  and 
resumed  his  law-practice.  I  liere  attended  for  several  years  at  the  Albany 
Academy,  then  under  the  head- mastership  of  Dr.  Theodoric  Romeyn  Beck, 
one  of  the  most  eminent  educators  our  country  had  at  that  time  produced; 
a  man  who  had  many  of  the  noble  qualities,  and  the  genius  for  controlling 


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MEMORANDA. 

iuid  developing  boy-nature,  of  Thomas  Arnold.  I  laid  the  foundation  here 
of  a  tolerable  knowledge  of  the  Latin  and  Greek,  but,  through  some 
natural  incapacity  of  my  o\vn,  or  some  defect  of  my  teacher,  a  violent- 
tempered  Irishman,  who,  especially  when  di'unk,  used  the  rattan  with 
great  liberality,  I  failed  of  that  most  necessary  intellectual  discipline 
derived  from  tlie  'iidoliter  didicisse'  of  the  mathematics,  and  was  never  able 
to  supply  the  defect  in  later  years:  my  memory  was  always  in  excess  of 
my  logical  faculty ;  and  the  fear  of  the  stick,  for  any  failure,  led  me  to 
begin  connnitting  my  demonstrations  to  memory,  and  reciting  parrot-like, 
instead  of  mastering  the  process  of  reasoning.  My  preferences,  even  at 
that  age,  were  for  history,  biography  and  poetry.  In  the  years  1826-7 
I  was  a  i)upil  at  the  Round  Hill  School  of  Northampton,  Mass.,  then  under 
the  care  of  its  founders  Joseph  G.  Cogswell  and  George  l^ancroft — an 
enterprise  conducted  on  a  very  large  and  liberal  scale,  containing  pupils 
from  all  parts  of  the  Union,  with  accomplished  masters  in  every  depart- 
ment, but  which  was  too  expensive,  and  too  much  in  advance  of  the 
educational  views  of  the  country,  to  be  long  successful.  My  most  intimate 
friend  at  this  school  was  Philip  Kearney,  in  whose  quiet,  retiring  manners 
and  delicate  figure  no  one  could  have  imagined  there  lay  hid  the  germs  of 
that  stormy  career,  and  that  splendid  military  leadership,  which  found  its 
end  on  the  field  of  ( 'hantilly. 

"I  entered  Freshman  at  Yale  in  1S2.S,  too  well  prepared  for  the  studies 
of  the  venr,  and  consequently  witli  nnu-li  idle  time  on  my  hands — a  fact 
which  had  mischievous  consequences  for  myself  Before  the  close  of 
Soi)homore-year,  the  Faculty  very  wisely  judged  it  would  be  better  for  me 
to  pursue  my  remaining  studies  somewhere  else.  May  I  say,  as  Augus- 
tine said  of  himself  at  the  same  age:  'coram  te  Domirie,  Deus  meus,  cor 
meum  et  recordatio  mea,  qui  me  tunc  agebas  abdito  secreto  providentiae 
tuae,  et  inhon.estos  errores  meos  jam  convertebas  ante  faciem  meam,  ut 
viderem  et  odissem?'  After  a  few  months  I  entered  Junior  at  Andierst 
College,  where,  soon  after,  during-  a  period  of  religious  awakening,  I  joined 
the  churcli,  and  was  graduated  with  a  moderate  reputation  for  scholarship. 
I  wished  to  enroll  myself  with  my  original  classmates,  and  three  years  after 


MRMOKANDA. 

took  my  second  (lojj;rc!t!  in  coiir.sc  tVoiii  Yale  College.  1  declined  a  tutor- 
ship offered  u\v.  by  President  Humphrey,  but  acce]ited  one  at  Hobart 
Colleg-e  in  Geneva,  where  was  my  fainily-residence.  J  ha<l  always  Ijeen 
destined  for  the  ministry,  and  in  1S.'54  entered  Auliuni  Theological 
Seminary,  where  the  chair  ol'  theology  was  filled  by  \h-.  .lames  Ivicliards, 
a  teacher  whose  fame  and  influence  were  great  at  the  time,  but  wlio  has 
left  very  little  behind  him  to  show  his  admirable  qualifications  for  that 
position.  I  then  spent  another  year  at  Princeton,  under  Doctors  Alexan- 
der, ]\Iiller,  Hodge,  Addison  Alexander  and  John  C.  Breckenbridge.  I 
was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Presbytery  of  Geneva,  and  began  my 
ministry  at  Corning,  Steuben  Co.,  N.  Y.  In  1838  I  married  Mary  Jane 
Hanson,  daughter  of  R.  B.  Heacock  of  Buffalo.  Her  brother  Dr. 
Grosvenor  W.  Heacock  was  for  thirty  years,  or  until  his  death  in  1877, 
pastor  of  the  Lafa^^ette  Street  church  in  that  city,  and  one  of  the  most 
brilliant  and  eloquent  ministers  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  My  children 
are:  1.  Stephen  Grosvenor,  now  pastor  of  the  Westminster  Church  in 
Columbus,  Ohio ;  he  left  Hamilton  College  to  enter  the  army,  and  served 
throughout  the  war ;  2.  Mark  Grosvenor,  professor  of  the  Latin  language 
and  literature  in  Hamilton  College ;  3  and  4.  Woolsey  Rogers  and  John 
Hampden,  young  lawyers  in  Bufifiilo  and  Rochester;  5.  Hester  Rose, 
wife  of  Rev.  Myron  Adams,  pastor  of  the  Plymouth  church  in  Rochester. 
Two  of  these  sons  were  personally  invited  by  the  late  Mr.  Christopher 
Robert  to  accept  positions  at  Robert  College  in  Constantinople,  but  felt 
compelled  to  decline  the  offer. 

"In  1847  I  was  called  to  the  chair  of  ecclesiastical  history  and  church 
polity  in  Auburn  Theological  Seminary,  where  I  have  remained  ever  since, 
having  outlasted  two  complete  sets  of  professors.  My  course  of  instruction 
has  been  by  means  of  full  lectures,  text-books,  dictations,  etc.,  generally 
with  a  mixture  of  all  of  them,  ^fy  present  course  includes,  for  the  Junior- 
year,  general  study  of  the  history  of  the  chni-eh ;  for  the  Middle  year, 
history  of  Christian  doctrine,  history  of  councils,  etc.;  for  the  Senior-year, 
church-polity,  and  the  philosoph)'  of  church-history.  I  may  say,  without 
vanity,  that  I  have  always  enjoyed  a  reasonable  share  of  popularit}-  with 

V  15li 


JIEMUKANDA. 

tlio  students,  and  tliat  my  classes  now  cxliibit  as  much  interest  and  entliii- 
siasni  in  the  studies  of  tliis  department  as  I  liave  ever  known.  I  liave 
(iollected  matiirials  for  several  works  illustrative  of  chni'ch-liistory,  but 
have  published  nothing-  of  any  value.  The  poverty  of  oui-  library  has 
forbidden  lue,  until  lately,  those  independent  investigations  wliicli  alone 
woidd  justify  an  appeal  to  the  literary  world.  In  th(!  de])artinent  of 
church-politics  I  have  never  distinguished  myself:  I  have  neither  the  taste 
nor  the  special  qualifications  for  a  church-leader.  Without  any  wish  or 
expectation  of  my  own,  I  was  made  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly 
of  the  Presbyterian  Chm'ch  at  St.  Louis  in  1<S(J(J.  In  1S70-71  I  travelled 
in  Europe  and  the  East,  reaching  Paris  just  after  the  convulsion  of  the 
Commune. 

"In  person  I  am  six  feet  in  height,  athletic  and  Aagorous;  of  cheerful 
temper,  kept  young  in  my  feelings  by  the  love  of  children  and  young 
people;  and  am  waiting  calmly  for  my  paralysis,  or  such  other  sudden 
break -down  as  I  have  reason  enough  to  expect  at  my  time  of  life. 

"  '  Recordare,  Jesu  pie, 

Quod  siiiii  causa  tuae  viac^ 
Ne  me  perdas  ilia  die.' " 

[('oiiiriiiiii.  Ijy  liiuisflf,  Dec,  187S.] 


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*HOPriN,  CAIUUNGTON. 

*1S79.  From  Providence,  R.  I. 

CaiTiiigton  Iloppiii,  son  of  IJoiijuiniii  and  Esther  (Phillips)  Hoppin,  was 
l)orn  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  July  4th,  1812.  He  left  Yale  Golleg-e  before 
graduation,  on  account  of  ill  health;  entered  Brown  University,  and  was 
graduated  there  in  the  Class  of  1834;  and  studied  medicine  in  Philadelphia 
for  nearly  tln-ee  years;  but  on  account  of  poor  health  never  practised  his 
profession.  He  sjient  most  of  his  life,  after  leaving  college,  in  Europe,  an 
extensive  traveller  in  many  lands;  and  died  suddenly  of  heart-disease  at 
Ziirich  in  Switzerland,  Feb.  17,  1879.     He  was  never  married. 

fCommnn.  by  ;i  lirolhcr.] 


MEMORANDA. 


HOPPIN,   WILLIAM  JONES,  A.M.  1879. 

From  Providence,  R.  I. 
Present  address:  W.  J.  IIoppin,  Esq.,  Legation  of  the  United  States,  Londoii. 

"AVilliam  Jones  Iloiipin  is  the  eldest  child  of  Thomas  Cole  Hoppin 
and  Harriet  Dnnn  (Jones)  Hoppin.  He  was  born  in  Providence,  R.  I. 
His  grandfathers,  Benjamin  Hoppin  and  William  Jones,  were  ])otli  captains 
in  Lippitt's  regiment  of  the  Rhode  Island  line  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution. 
The  latter  in  177S  hecame  cajjtain  of  marines  on  l)oard  the  Continental 
frigate  Providence,  and  took  the  despatches  from  Congress  aimunncing 
the  reception  of  the  French  treaty  to  Dr.  Franklin  in  Paris.  He  was 
afterwards  Governor  of  Tihdde  Island  from   1811   to  LSU;. 

"Mr.  Hoppin  was  prepared  for  college  at  the  school  of  Roswell  C. 
Smith  in  Pi-ovidence,  and  entered  Yale  in  1828,  being  one  of  the  youngest 
boys  in  his  Class.  After  leaving  Yale  in  1830  he  passed  a  year  under 
private  tutors  at  Middletown,  Conn.,  and  entered  the  Senior  Class  of 
Middlebury  College  in  Vermont  in  the  autumn  of  1831,  where  he  was 
graduated  in  September,  1832. 

"He  studied  law  for  a  year  in  Providence,  and  for  two  years  at  the 
Dane  College  of  Harvard  University,  under  the  tuition  of  Jiidge  Story  and 
Professor  Creenleaf.  He  was  admitted  there  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Laws,  and  soon  afterwards  called  to  the  Rhode  Island  bar.  In  1S3G  he 
went  to  Europe,  where  he  made  an  extended  tour.  Upon  his  return  in 
'the  autunni  of  1837  he  removed  to  New  York  City,  which  he  has  made 
his  lionu'  since  that  time,  being  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
and  particularly  that  department  of  it  connected  with  conveyancing. 


MEMORANDA. 

"He  has  been  more?  or  less  interested  in  ;i,rt-Tn;itters  during-  tliis  period. 
He  was  one  of  tjie  founders  of  tlie  Art  llnioii,  and  the  editor  foi'  tlii-ee 
years  of  the  'Bulletin'  of  that  association.  He  has  written  papers  for  tiie 
'Atlantic  Monthly,'  nnd  also  for  '  L'Art,'  the  chief  jounud  of  the  iine  arts 
in  I'aris.  He  was  also  one  of  tin;  originators  of  the  Metropolitan  Museum 
of  Art,  and  its  secretary  until  his  aj^pointment  to  London. 

"Mr.  Hojipin  lias  written  three  or  four  dramatic  pieces,  winch  were 
produced  with  some  success  at  Laura  Keene's,  Burton's,  Wallack's  and 
other  theatres.  He  is  also  the  author  of  a  ballad  called  'Charlie  Machree,' 
which  has  been  a  good  deal  recited  by  elocutionists  and  others  at  public 
readino-s.  He  is  one  of  the  dozen  survivors  of  the  founders  of  the 
Centui'V  t!lul>,  and  one  of  tlie  half  dozen  who  inauo'urated  the  Union 
League  Club,  of  which  he  was  the  first  treasurer  and  the  President  fi-om 
1S71   to  1S73. 

"For  ten  years  past  he  has  made  frequent  voyages  to  Em'ope,  generally 
spending  three  months  of  every  summer- vacation  there,  chiefly  in  visiting 
the  galleries  of  art.  Li  June,  1S7G,  he  was  ap[)ointed  First  Secretary  of 
the  Legation  in  London,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since.  At  the  time  of 
this  ai)pointment  he  was  the  secretary  of  the  New  York  Society  Library, 
the  foreign  corresponding  secretar}^  of  the  Ncav  Yoi'k  Historical  Society, 
and  one  of  the  ti-ustees  and  the  secretary  of  the  Astor  Library." 

[Coiumim.  by  liiniself,  Dec,  1R78.] 


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*lilIHIUUL),  ELIJAH  KF.NT. 

*183D.  From  Middli'toini,  Coiiit. 

"Dec.  20,  1S7S. 
"Mr.  P]lijali  K.  Hubbard  was  the  eldest  sou  of  tlie  IIou.  Klijali  Hub- 
bard, aud  was  born  at  Middletowu,  Conn.,  iu  ()ctob(;r,  1812.  After  Lis 
leaving  Yale  he  was  graduated  at  Middlebury  College  in  Vermont.  In  the 
spring  of  1834  he  went  for  the  first  time  to  Chicago;  and  he  was  married 
iu  September  of  the  same  year,  not  being  yet  twenty-two  years  of  age,  to 
Elizabeth  S.  DeKoveu,  daughter  of  Henry  L.  DeKoven  of  Middletowu. 
From  thencefortli  his  home  was  in  Chicago.  He  seemed  to  see,  as  in  a 
glass,  the  great  future  of  this  city,  and  became  speedily  identified  witli  its 
interests,  seeking  its  prosperity.  Mr.  Hubljard  entered  into  partnership 
with  Gurdon  S.  Hubbard,  Esq.,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the  Northwest,  and 
became  for  a  time  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Hubbard  &.  Co.  The  brick 
biiilding  in  which  the  business  of  this  firm  was  transacted,  was  the  first 
brick  building  erected  in  Chicago  (Mr.  G.  S.  Hubbard  tells  me),  and  the 
largest  at  that  time  north  of  Vandalia.  It  is  difficult  to  realize  the  grand 
desolation  of  the  Nortlnvest  at  tliis  early  day.  The  first  steamer  that  came 
round  the  lakes  was  chartered  by  the  United  States  Government,  in  1832, 
during  the  Black  Hawk  war,  for  the  purpose  of  bringing  Gen.  Scott  and 
his  troops  to  the  frontier.  The  first  payment,  after  the  treatv  of  Tippe- 
canoe, was  made  to  the  Pottowatamie  Indians  in  the  antnnni  of  1834,  about 
the  time  of  our  arrival   in  Chicago.     Their  wigwams  were  u|ion  the  shore 

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of  the  lake,  and  ludiaus  in  blankets  and  moccasins  were  in  tlic  lialiit  of 
enterinu;-  the  liouse  of  Mr.  Gurdon  >S.  Hubbard,  wlio  was  their  good  friend, 
without  any  coreniony,  walking-  quietly  to  th(^  tii-e,  lighting  their  pipes, 
and  retiring  as  stealthily  as  they  came,  without  woi'd  or  outward  sign. 
The  Northwest  was  all  undeveloped.  Mr.  0.  S.  11.  tells  me  that  in  1S34 
there  was  no  settlement  between  Galena  and  Chicago;  houses  where 
ti'avellers  fouiul  food  and  lodging  were  the  only  landmarks.  Galena  was 
the  chief  place  of  business  for  the  lead-mining  district;  small  steamers 
went  u[)  and  down  the  Mississij)pi  between  St.  Louis  and  that  place.  It 
was  settled  soon  after  the  war  of  1812;  adventurers  found  their  way  there 
in  search  of  lead,  and  it  soon  became  a  place  of  considerable  importance, 
the  only  commercial  to\vn  of  any  note  in  the  Northwest.  Mr.  Elijah  K. 
Hubbard  obtained  the  charter  of  the  Galena  and  (Jhicago  Railroad,  and 
thus  commenced  the  construction  of  the  first  of  the  many  railroads  which 
now  concentrate  in  Chicago.  The  financial  crisis  of  1837  })ut  a  stop  to 
operations  in  this  great  enterprise.  At  that  time  it  was  not  supposed  that 
the  prairies  could  be  sufficiently  drained  for  laying  the  rails  upon  their 
surface  in  every  direction,  and  Mr.  Hubbard  commenced  his  work  by 
driving  piles  into  the  g-round,  to  bridge  over  the  low  hind  lyiug-  between 
Chicago  and  the  first  rising  groiind  to  the  w^estward,  now  known  as  Oak 
Ridg'o.  The  Galena  and  Chicago  Road  is  now  incorporated  with  the 
Chicag'O  and  Northwestern,  and  forms  one  of  the  branches  of  that  road. 

"Mr.  Hubbard's  life  was  very  short;  he  died  in  May,  1839,  at  the  age 
of  twenty-six — one  of  the  early  and  most  respected  citizens  of  a  city  whose 
greatness,  seen  by  him  dimly,  with  prophetic  eye,  is  now  a  chapter  in 
the  history  of  the  world." 

A  college  classmate  adds  the  following  notes ; 

"He  had  very  pronounced  opinions  upon  religious  and  jxditical  matter.s, 
and  I  have  known  l)ut  few  men  who  had  the  courage  of  his  opinions  to 
the  same  extent  that  he  had.  He  had  also  admirable  literary  abilities.  He 
wrote  with  great  force  and  precision,  and,  if  he  had  directed  his  attention 
to  such  pursuits,  he  conld  have  made  a  name  for  himself  He  was  an 
excellent  Inisband  and  father,  and   the  niost  loyal  of  friends.      If  lu;  had 

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MKMolv'ANIlA. 

lived,  1   am   siirc^  Ik;  would    lia,ve  boon    idie  ot   tlie   iii<i«t   distiii'^uislicd    iiiid 
influential  men  of  the  Northwest."  .   .   . 

[Letter  by  his  widow,  now  E.  S,  D.,  and  a  ooninnin.  by  liia  claasmato  W.  J.  II.] 

"He  lost  his  heidtli  at  the  West,  went  to  the  West  Tiidics  in   \\i>]U'  of 
reg'ainin^'  it,  and  rc^tiii'ned  "uly  to  die.      TTo  left  a  widow  niid  two  (•liil(h'(ai." 

[Commiin.] 


HJl 


.MKMOl.'ANDA. 


HUNTINGl'ON,  JOSlKfA,  A.B.  18;}2. 

From  Boston,  Mass. 
rrest'ut  address:  Dr.  J.  Huntington,  W;i.shinj;t(jii,  J).  (!. 

"Jan.  2,  187i». 

.  .  .  "There  lias  been  notliiiii;-  in  my  life  especially  worthy  of  })ublic 
record,  or  that  vvonld  interest  any  one  outside  the  circle  of  my  intimate 
friends.  My  'life-work'  has  made  no  noise  in  the  world,  and  its  results  are 
not  very  apparent.  If  the  great  end  of  life  is,  as  most  men  seem  to 
imagine,  either  fame  or  wealth,  or  Ixitli,  my  life,  it  must  he  confessed,  has 
been  a  failure.  But,  as  I  have  never  aimed  at  being  either  famous  or 
wealth}^,  tlie  failure,  if  it  be  one,  does  not  mortify  me  nuich.  .  .  . 

"I  was  born  in  Boston,  Feb.  11th,  1812.  My  father,  as  you  know, 
was  Pastor  of  the  Old  South  Church  in  Boston,  at  the  time  of  his  death  in 
1819.  I  was  graduated  in  medicine  at  New  Haven  in  18;57,  if  I  remember 
rightly,  and  was  an  assistant  surgeon  in  the  Navy  from  18.")8  to  1845, 
when  I  resigned.  The  practice  of  medicine  was  always  distasteful  to  me, 
and  soon  after  leaving  the  United  States  service  I  determined  to  abandon 
it.  In  1847  I  went  to  Andover  to  make  preparation  for  the  ministry-,  and 
was  licensed  to  preach  in  184il.  Two  years  afterwards  I  gave  u[)  all  idea 
of  preaching,  for  reasons  stated  by  me  in  a  little  book  which  ax^u  nun- 
have  heard  of,  published  by  the  Catholic  Publication  Society  in  New  Y(u-k, 
and  entitled  'Gropings  after  Truth.'  In  1853  I  opened  a  boys'  school  in 
Brooklyn,  L.  I.,  which  I  carried  on  for  ten  years.  In  1865,  at  the  close 
of  the  civil  war,  I  was  appointed  to  a  clerkshii)  in  the  United  States 
Treasury  in  this  city,  which   I   held   until   Oct.,   I87(i,    when   I  was  dis- 

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MEMORANDA. 


cluirji-ed.  Since  tliun  I  liave  been  'doinji'  n()tliiii<^','  iis  tlie  woi-ld  would 
say:  tliut  is,  nothing  tliat  is  })aid  tor  in  ddllais  and  cents,  tliougli  I  would 
fain  liope  that,  even  now,  my  life  is  not  absolutely  useless. 

"I  have  never  married.  The  date  of  my  death  I  am  unaldc  to  give, 
l)ut,  as  I  shall  enter  ujjon  my  sixty-eighth  year  in  a  little  more  than  a 
month,  it  is  not  unreasonable  to  expect  that  some  one  will,  before  a  great 
while,  be  able  to  supply  this  item  <(f  information." 

[Letter  by  himsflf.] 


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INGEKSOLL,   ELUIU  PAIISONS,  A.B.  18^2. 

Froin  Lee,  Muns. 
Present  address:  Uev.  E.  I'.  Ingeksoll,  liusevale,  Clay  Co.,  Kansas. 

"All-  14,  IST.S. 
...  "I  was  born,  as  the  record  in  tlie  old  t'aniily-lJible  says,  Sept.  20th, 
1S()4,  ill  Lee,  Mass.  My  father's  name  was  David  Ingersoll,  and  my 
motlier  was  Sarah  Parsons,  of  Stockbridge,  IVIass.,  a  granddaug-hter  of 
President  Edwards.  I  was  married  t(>  Louisa  Perry,  daughter  of  Frederick 
Perry  of  Stockbridge,  in  1835,  witli  wliom  I  lived  sixteen  months,  when 
she  was  taken  to  heaven,  leaving  an  infant  son  six  months  old.  1  was 
married  again,  at  Olierlin,  Ohio,  to  Catharine  Gillett,  daughter  of  Kev. 
Moses  Gillett  of  Rome,  N.  Y.,  in  August,  1838.  She  is  spared  to  me  to 
the  present  time,  having  borne  eight  children,  six  of  whom  are  still  living. 
My  first  year  in  the  ministry  was  spent  at  Woonsocket,  R.  L  From 
thence  I  was  called  to  Oberlin,  where  I  spent  some  few  years.  In  1840  I 
removed  to  Michigan,  for  the  purpose  of  founding  an  institution  of  learn- 
ing similar  to  that  of  Oberlin.  Ihit  this  failed,  through  the  great  commer- 
cial disaster  that  swept  over  the  country,  so  that  the  principal  part  of  the 
funds  that  I  had  collected  (by  subscription)  were  never  paid,  and  I  was  left 
stranded.  After  spending  several  years  in  preaching  in  Michigan,  chiefly 
at  my  own  ex^^ense,  I  acce})ted  a  call  from  the  Congregational  church  in 
Bloomington,  111.,  in  May,  1853,  where  I  labored  four  years.  In  April, 
1857,  I  resigned  my  pastorship,  and  removed  to  Kansas  in  the  time  of  the 
'border-ruffian  war,'  with  the  view  of  aiding  the  great  anti-slavery  work, 
the  first  battle  of  which  was  fought  here  in  Kansas.     I  labored  as  I  was 

IGo 


MEMORANDA. 

iible,  at  niv  own  charge,  pruacliing-  wherever  a  tew  couhl  be  asseniljled, 
chiefly  at  Burlingame  and  in  tliat  vicinity.  Here  we  continued  till  alter 
the  "Teat  famine  oi'  ISfiO,  and  the  war  had  broken  ont,  when  we  i-enioved 
to  Illinoi.s  again,  Kansas  having-  been  mostly  deserted  during  tin;  bunine. 
In  Illinois,  during  the  war,  I  supjjlitul  the  cluirch  in  Elmwood,  wliose 
pastor  had  gone  as  chaplain  into  the  army.  Thence  I  accepted  a  call 
from  the  Congregational  church  in  Maiden,  111.,  where  I  continued  till  the 
spring  of  18(i.S,  when  I  resigned  my  ]jastorship  in  consequence  of  a  can- 
cerous tumor  on  one  of  my  lips,  which  was  excided  by  Dr.  Andrews  of 
Chicago.  This  affected  my  general  health  so  much  that  I  never  expected 
to  preach  again;  and,  tvvo  of  our  children  being  setth^d  in  Kansas,  it  was 
proposed  that  we  should  remove  thither  again.  This  was  done  in  May, 
1868,  and  we  located  on  tlie  river  Republican  in  Clay  Co.,  Avliere  we  now 
reside,  in  a  delightful  countrv,  the  greater  portion  of  the  iidiabitants 
having  come  in  since  our  arrival.  Since  coming  to  this  place  I  have 
preached,  as  occasion  offered,  at  large.  For  two  years  I  supplied  a  little 
church  at  Milford,  about  fifteen  miles  down  the  river  from  here.  This  I 
did  on  condition  that,  as  soon  as  they  were  able,  they  should  settle  a  pastor. 
Thus  you  have  the  brief  of  my  life.  But  in  conclusion  I  wish  to  say  that 
'goodness  and  mercy  have  followed  me  all  my  days,'  while  I  am  some- 
times longing  to  reach  my  Father's  house,  where  so  many  of  my  dear 
ones  have  gone  before  me." 

[Letter  by  himself.] 


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MEMORANDA 


*INGRAHAM,  JOSEPH  HOLT. 

*1860.  From  Halhwrll,  Me. 

Joseph  Holt  Ino-raliam  was  a  son  of  James  M.  Ingrahain,  and  came 
to  Hallowell,  when  about  ten  yeai-s  of"  aoe,  from  Porthmd,  Me.,  wliere  he 
was  born,  not  far  from  1805-6.  He  attended  tlie  Hallowell  Academy,  and 
probably  was  fitted  for  college  there.  He  left  the  Class  between  the  first 
and  second  years  of  its  course;  soon  after  which,  probably,  he  went  to 
Buenos  Ayres,  S.  A.,  as  clerk  to  a  commercial  house.  P)Ut  about  the  year 
1830  he  became  a  teacher,  or  professor,  in  a  college  near  Natchez,  Miss., 
where,  also,  he  began  that  career  of  authorship  which  gained  him  a  wide 
notoriety,  publishing  first,  in  1836,  "The  Sou.thwest  by  a  Yankee,"  and 
quickly  following  that  u])  \\\\\\  "Lafitte,"  "Burton,"  and  other  novels.  In 
later  years  he  wrote  and  published  "The  Prince  of  the  House  of  David" 
(1855),  "The  Pillar  of  Fire"  (1859),  and  "The  Throne  of  David."  Al)out 
the  year  1847  he  established  a  seminary  for  young  ladies  at  Nashville, 
Tenn.,  studying,  meanwhile,  for  holy  orders.  He  was  ordained  a  deacon 
Mar.  t),  1851,  and  priest  Mar.  7,  1852;  and,  after  pei-forming  missionary 
work  in  Mississijjjji  for  a  while,  \Yas  made  rector  of  St.  John's  in  Mobile, 
Ala.,  nnd  later  took  charge  of  a  clun-ch  at  Riverside,  Teini.  He  removed 
to  Holly  Springs,  Miss.,  in  1858,  where  he  was  rector  of  a  church,  and  at 
the  saine  time  principal  of  an  academy  for  boys,  known  as  St.  Thomas' 
Hall.  In  1859  he  received  the  doctorate  of  laAvs  from  the  University  of 
Mississippi.  He  died  at  Holly  Springs,  Dec.  18,  I860,  by  an  accident  thus 
related  in  the  "Hallowell  Gazette"  for  Jan.  5,  1861: 

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MEMORANDA. 

"The  reiiovtcd  deatli  of  Prof.  J.  H.  IiigTaliaiii  is  now  coiifiriiied.  I'he 
following-  particulars  are  given.  He  had  lately  returnc(l  from  a  visit  to 
his  northern  friends,  when  he  found  that  much  apprehension  prevailed  at 
Holly  Springs,  Miss.,  in  relation  to  disturbances  growing  out  of  tlie  present 
political  excitement,  and,  as  others  were  preparing  their  weapons  of  self- 
defence,  he  took  a  pistol  belonging  to  his  son  to  the  locksmitli  for  repairs. 
After  it  was  mended  and  loaded,  he  placed  it  in  his  pocket,  wrapped  in  a 
newspaper.  Having  occasion  to  visit  the  vestry  of  his  church,  on  his  way 
liome,  he  as  a  matter  of  j^recaution  took  out  the  pistol,  to  place  it  on  a  table, 
when  it  accidentally  slipped  from  the  paper,  and  dropj^ed  on  the  floor.  It 
was  discharged  by  the  fall,  and  the  ball  entered  his  thigh,  passing  upwards 
into  his  body.  Medical  attendance  was  had  inmiediately;  he  continued  to 
linger  with  great  physical  pain,  l)ut  uitliout  nnn-niuring,  luitil  tlie  18th  ult. 
(nine  days  after  the  accident),  when  he  died  witli  great  calmness."  He 
was  widely  known,  and  greatly  respected  and  esteemed. 

A  son  Prentiss,  who  has  been  living  in  Ncax'  York  for  many  years,  and 
two  daughters,  survived  him.     His  wife  died  during  the  war. 

[From  a  commun.  by  D.  P.  Livermore  of  HallowoU ;  Appleton's  CycIoi)oclia,  ix,  280;  Tlie  Church  Review, 
xiv,  1  Si6-7  ;  and  other  sources. — K.  E.  S.] 


168 


MEMOh'ANDA. 


KEEP,    THEOnOEE  JOHN,  A.M.  l.S7i). 

From  Homer,  N.  Y. 
Present  address:  Rev.  T.  J.  Keep,  Ohorlin,  Ohio. 

Theodore  John  Keep,  son  of  Rev.  John  Keep,  was  born  in  Blandford, 
Mass.,  .Inly  31,  1800.  When  entering  npon  his  studies  at  Yale  his  home 
was  at  Homer,  N.  Y.  After  leaving-  Yale  he  united  with  the  Congrega- 
tional church  in  Homer,  in  1831;  and  studied  theology  in  the  Theological 
Department  of  Oberlin  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1836. 
Since  graduation  he  has  pursued  literary  and  theological  studies;  has  been 
a  teacher  in  Oberlin  College;  and  from  18,i7  to  18G1  was  the  pastor  of 
various  churches  in  Ohio.  He  was  married,  Jan.  28th,  1841,  to  Mary  Ann 
Thom])son,  and  has  had  six  children,  three  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 

[Oomiiimi.  by  himself.  Pec.  1878.] 


1G9 


MKMOIv'AMiA. 


*KELL()(J(;,  MARTIN,  y\.B.  1832. 

*1.S7;».  Fioiii   [Vefhcrs/idd,  Conn. 

".I;iii.  II,    IS?!). 

"1  was  l)()rn  in  Nuvviu^y'ton,  Conn.,  a  tormcr  parisli  of'  the  murient  and 
liistoric  town  of  Wetlierstield,  Nov.  4,  1810.  My  father.  Gen.  Martin 
Kellogg',  claimed  as  his  great  grandfather  Martin  Kellogg  who  was  ca])- 
tured  at  Deerfield,  Mass.,  by  the  Indians,  and  passed  several  years  in 
captivity  in  Canada,  bnt  who  afterwards  made  his  escape,  mai'ried  in 
Wethersfield,  and  piirchased  the  residence  and  landed  estate  of  Rev. 
Elisha  Williams,  Rector  of  Yale  from  1725  to  17oD — a  large  and  roomy 
residence,  which  was  bimied  some  six  years  since.  My  mother,  Mary 
Welles,  was  a  danghter  of  Gen.  Roger  Welles,  a  graduate  of  Yale  in  the 
Class  of  1775,  who,  from  that  date  till  the  conclusion  of  the  war  of  the 
Revolution  at  Yorktown,  was  in  the  constant  service  of  his  country.  It  is 
traditional  that  he  secured  the  favorable  notice  of  Washington  and 
Lafayette. 

"For  two  years  after  my  graduation  I  had  charge  of  8unl)ury 
Academy  [in  Gates  Co.,  N.  C.];  as  a  teacher,  I  secm-ed  the  approval  of 
my  patrons,  and  promoted,  I  hope,  the  welfare  of  my  pupils.  During  the 
month  of  Sept.,  1834,  I  visited  Illinois,  and  in  tliat  State  I  resided  nearly 
six  years;  but  the  pecuniary  depression  existing  tliere  during  the  years 
1837  to  1842,  was  so  severe  that  I  thought  best  tt)  return  to  North  Caro- 
lina and  again  engage  in  teaching.  In  the  month  of  March,  1841),  I  married 
Miss  Patience  Branch  (Gordon,  daughter  of  John  C.  Gordon,  Esq.,  of  this 
county.      Subsequently  to  my  marriage,  for  a   period    of  twelve  years,  1 

171 


MEMORANDA. 


constiiutly  pursued  my  vociituni  as  uu  instructor,  and,  I  trust,  with  satis- 
faction to  the  pubhc.  But  of  the  hundreds  of  youth  once  members  of  my 
school  perlia])s  more  tliau  three-quarters  were  killed  during  the  dreadful 
war.  My  wife  died  in  the  month  of  Sept.,  18G!),  leaving-  five  children,  two 
sons  and  three  daughters.  My  younger  son  is  now  a  member  of  the 
Junior  Class  of  Amherst  College. 

"Since  the  termination  of  the  war,  waged  ostensibly  for  the  freedom  of 
the  African,  and  resulting  in  the  thraldom  of  poverty,  with  all  its  count- 
less woes,  to  the  Caucasian  race,  I  have  no  historical  details  to  give  respect- 
ing myself  If  we  had  enjoyed  the  blessing  of  a  strong  government,  an 
energetic,  wise,  resolute  Executive,  from  the  year  ISf)?  to  1861,  the  dis- 
astroiis  war,  with  all  its  untold  horrors,  would  not  have  taken  place. 
What  is  needed,  in  order  to  give  freedom  to  the  masses,  is  a  strong-  govern- 
ment, a  government  that  never  smiles  on  leading  traitors,  or  frowns  on 
loyal  citizens." 

[Letter  by  himself.] 

In  prepanitiou  for  college  Mr.  Kellogg  studied  with  Rev.  Dr.  Joab  Brace, 
the  father  of  his  college-classmate  of  that  name.  He  died  on  the  6th  of  September, 
1879,  at  the  Hospital  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  where  he  had  placed  himself  for  a 
surgical  operation. — E.  E.  S. 


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mi;.M(pi;aniia. 


*KTN(;SLKY,   GEORGE  THEODORE,  A.B.   1832. 

*1842.  From  New  Haven,  Conn. 

"George  Theodore  Kinjisley,  eldest  son  of  Professor  James  L.  and 
Lydia  (Coit)  Kingsley,  was  born  at,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Angust  25,  1812, 
and  was  prepared  for  college  at  tlie  Hopkins  Grammar  School  in  New 
Haven.  After  graduation  he  spent  a  year  as  a  private  tutor  on  the  eastern 
shore  of  Maryland.  He  retm-ned  to  New  Haven,  and  studied  law  at  the 
Yale  Law  School  for  two  years,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  New 
Haven  in  1835;  but  in  the  autunni  of  that  year  went  to  Cleveland,  Ohiu, 
where  he  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  His  brother 
Henry  C.  Kingsle}'  became  his  partner  in  1837.  In  1839  he  went  to 
England  on  professional  business,  and  made  a  short  visit  to  Paris,  but 
went  no  further  on  the  Continent.  His  success  in  his  ])rofession  was 
satisfactorv.  In  June,  1842,  he  went  from  Cleveland  to  Sandusky  City, 
to  attend  to  a  suit,  in  which  he  was  employed,  pending  before  the  Comt 
in  session  at  that  place.  He  finished  his  business,  and  retired  to  bed  at 
the  hotel,  but  was  called  at  midnight  to  take  a  steamboat  which  had 
stopped  for  a  short  time  at  the  wliarf,  on  its  way  to  Cleveland.  The 
niglit  was  dark,  the  wind  high,  the  bay  rough ;  he  fell  from  the  wharf, 
became  encumbered  in  his  cloak,  which  he  had  carried  on  his  arm,  and 
was  drowned,  on  the  night  of  June  !Jth,  1842. 

"The  members  of  the  bar  in  Sandusky  passed  resolutions  of  warm 
appreciation  of  the  character  of  Mr.  Kingsley;  and  his  professional 
brethren  in  Cleveland  passed  similar  resolutions.  Hon.  Ebenezer  Lane, 
Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Coiu-t  of  Ohio,  resident  at  Sanduskv,  was  a 

173 


mkm()1;am»a. 


personal  Iriciid  nt"  .Mr.  Kiiii^slc)',  an<l  took  <^reat  pains  to  oncpiii'c  into  all 
the  [)arliciilars  of  liis  visit,  to  Sandusky,  which  would  tln-ow  liglil  on  the 
cause  of  his  deatli.  lie  wrote  to  Professor  Kiiigsley  all  the  details,  and 
the  result  of  his  investig'atious,  establishinii',  beyond  (jucstion,  Its  accidental 
character.  The  opening'  sentence  of  Judge  Lane's  letter  is  as  follows,  and 
is  quoted  to  show  the  estimation  in   wliicli   he  was  held: 

"  'Few  dispensations  of  Providence  have  occurred  (tailing  forth  the 
sympatliies  of  the  community  more  fully  than  the  loss  of  Mr.  G.  T.  Kings- 
ley.  Very  few  examples  can  be  found  in  the  Western  States  of  gentlemen 
possessing  higher  mental  culture,  more  attractive  personal  qualities,  better 
habits,  purer  morals,  or  more  elevated  aims.  Nowhere  was  to  be  found, 
within  my  acquaintance,  the  promise  of  higher  professional  usefulness 
and  respectability.' 

"Mr.  Kingsley  was  never  married." 

[Couitmiii.  Ity  ;i  hrotlier.] 


174 


MEMORANDA. 


LATIMER,   COBTLANT)  LUCAS,  A.M.  1879. 

From  Waterford,  Conn. 
Present  address:  C.  L.  Latimer,  Esq.,  Cleveland,  Oliio. 

"(!ortliUid  Lucas  Latimer  was  born  at  Waterford,  Conn.,  February  8, 
1810.  His  parents  were  Pickett  Latimer  and  Evmice  Douglass,  true 
descendants  of  martyrs  and  defenders  of  civil  and  religious  liberty  in 
England  and  Scotland.  He  was  scarcely  ever  out  of  sight  of  his  father's 
farm  till  he  was  sixteen  years  old.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Hamilton 
Academy  in  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  entered  Yale  College  in  1828.  In 
1830,  with  forty-three  others,  he  'bit  his  own  nose  oft''  in  the  Conic 
Sections  Rebellion;  and  yet  thinks  they  were  right,  or  about  right.  He 
was  graduated  at  Rutgers  College,  N.  J.,  in  1832,  with  twelve  others  of 
his  Yale-classmates.  Rutgers  College  was  then  ofticered  by  men  of  pro- 
found leanaing  and  sound  piety — a  noble  institution.  Was  married  July 
7,  1834,  to  Charlotte  McEwen,  eldest  daughter  of  Abel  McEwen,  S.T.D., 
of  New  London,  who,  though  an  invalid  through  all  her  life,  was  as  good 
and  noble  as  her  father.  Read  law  at  Norwalk,  (31iio,  with  Eljenezer  Lane 
(Judge  Lane  was  a  classmate  and  peer  of  Edward  Everett),  and  prac- 
tised law  (not  litigation)  at  Norwalk  for  some  thirty  years.  He  never 
desired  or  held  civil  ofiice.  For  more  than  thirty  years  was  an  elder  in 
the  Presbyterian  church,  the  superintendent  of  the  Sabbatli-school,  and 
the  'yoke-fellow'  of  the  late  Alfred  Newton,  D.D.,  who  was  pastor  of  that 
church  some  forty  years.  .  .  .  About  1850  he  organized  a  bank  at  Nor- 
walk, and  in  1857  made  a  sad  failure.  In  1862  he  removed  to  Cleveland, 
and   has   since  been   in   the  oflice,   and   the  'minister,'   of  Joseph   Perkins 

n.5 


MKMORANDA. 

(another  Joseph  of  Arimathcia).  Five  little  eliildnfii  passed  away  l>efore 
their  mother;  she  rested  in  peace  Dec.  1,  ISTO.  ( )iie  son  survives,  the 
la\v-])artner  of  his  father. 

"His  life,  from  the  earliest  memo r\   till  this  day,  has  heen  lull  of  labor, 
and    full  iif  sorrow;    liut    I   ('or.    If):   f)7." 

|l''iiniMiiii.  liy  hiinsoir.  May.  l.S71).| 


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MEMORANDA. 


*LESESNE,  JOSEPH  WHITE. 

*1856.  From  Georgetoivn,  S.  C. 

"Oct.  11,  1879. 
.  .  "My  late  hushand's  life,  though  reasonably  pro.sperous,  was 
entu-elv  imeveutful,  and  afforded  nothing  whatever  of  interest  to  the  biog- 
rapher. Had  it  been  otherwise,  however.  I  am  unable  to  afford  you 
infomiation  regarding  the  past,  for  all  our  family-papers,  books,  records, 
memoranda,  together  with  possessions  and  property  of  every  kind  and 
description,  were  entirely  destroyed  and  swept  away  by  the  tempests  of 
the  war :  and  since  that  time  the  survivors  have  been  too  much  occupied 
with  the  problem  of  how  to  live,  to  think  of,  or  care  much  about,  the  past, 
or  anv  traditions  of  the  family. 

"Joseph  W.  Lesesne  was  bom  in  Georgetown,  S-C,  in  November  of 
the  year  1812.  He  received  his  education  chiefly  in  and  aromid  New 
Haven,  I  believe,  and  entered  Yale  College  at  an  early  age.  On  quitting 
Yale  [in  1830]  he  entered  the  Junior  Class  in  the  South  Carolina  College, 
and  was  graduated  two  years  after,  taking  the  first  honor.  He  then  engaged 
deeply  in  politics,  wrote  for  the  'Columbia  Telescope,'  a  nullification-paper, 
and  became  co-editor  of  that  paper.  In  December,  1834,  he  man-ied  the 
daughter  of  Thomas  Cooper,  ex-President  of  the  South  Carolina  College, 
and  went  to  Yorkville,  in  the  northern  part  of  the  State,  where  he  practised 
his  profession  for  one  year;  after  which  he  removed  to  Mobile,  Ala.,  and 
there  spent  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  pm-sued  his  profession  there  with 
success  and  honor,  and  a  few  years  befoi'e  his  death  became  Chancellor  of 
the  Southern  Di\nsion  of  the  State,  a  position  which  he  afterwards  resigned, 

T  177 


MEMORANDA. 

as  taking  liim  too  much  from  home,  and  bringing  him  no  emohxment.  He 
was  hjst  in  Mobile  Bay,  on  the  evening  of  the  15th  of  October,  1856, 
wliile  crossing  from  Mobile  in  his  yacht.  His  two  eldest  sons  were  with 
him:  one  was  lost  with  his  father,  and  the  bodies  were  never  recovered; 
the  other  served  in  the  Washington  Artillery  of  New  Orleans,  during  the 
entire  four  years  of  the  war,  and  at  its  conclusion  went  to  California,  where 
he  has  been  ever  since,  a  practising  physician  among  a  company  of  miners 
in  tlio  Sierra  Nevada  mountains.  A  tliird  son  died  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  in 
tlic  tliird  year  of  the  war,  a  member  of  his  l)rother's  company.  The  last 
and  youngest  son  is  in  Mobile,  in  commercial  life.  Three  daughters 
survive,  two  married,  one  single. 

"In  politics  Joseph  Lesesne  was  of  the  Calhomi-school,  extreme  in  all 
his  views,  and  ready  to  maintain  them  with  life  and  fortune.  In  religion 
he  was  a  liberal,  with  strong  tendencies  towards  the  Romish  faith.  Firm 
in  his  friendships,  witty  and  agreeable  in  conversation,  courteous  and 
dignified  in  his  manners,  he  was  admired  and  appreciated  by  a  large  circle, 
and  could  boast  of  warm  friends  and  enthusiastic  admirers.  He  belonged 
to,  and  stood  first  among,  that  unique  race  of  gentlemen  f'oimd  only  at  the 
South,  and  now  passing  rapidly  away,  together  with  our  traditions,  institu- 
tions and  i)eculiar  modes  of  thought.  The  like  will  not  soon  l)e  seen 
again  upon  this  soil;  but  the  luanner  in  which  their  descendants  uphold 
their  principles,  and  bear  their  reverses,  at  least  proves  their  ancestry, 
though  adverse  circumstances  may  forbid  their  arriving  at  the  social  and 
intellectual  eminence  graced  by  their  fathers." 

[Letter  hy  his  widow.] 


Its 


MEMORANDA. 


LKWIS,  .JOHN  HAMPDEN,  A.M.   1880. 

Fro))i  New  Orleans,  La. 
Present  address :  Dr.  J.  H.  Lewis,  New  Oi'luans,  La. 


^■> 


"July  30tli,  1880. 
.  .  .  •'Both  my  tktlier  ami  iiiotlier  Avere  Virginians,  of  families  among 
tlic  most  [)r()mineut  in  the  State.  My  grandfather  on  my  mother's  side 
was  General  Robert  Lawson,  a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses,  Avho 
married  a  dnugliter  of  Sir  John  Pierce.  He  was  with  General  Green  in 
his  southern  campaign,  commanding  with  General  Stephens  the  Virginia- 
Contingent.  He  was  also  under  the  immediate  command  of  Lafayette, 
and  endeil  his  military  career  at  the  surrender  of  Yorktown.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  order  of  Cincinnati.  He  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight 
in  the  Western  Reserve.  My  father,  Joshua  Lewis,  mai'ried  America, 
daughter  of  General  Lawson,  in  1796,  and  emigrated  with  his  father  and 
family  to  Kentucky,  where  he  studied  and  practised  law,  and  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  Legislature.  When  the  purchase  of  Louisiana  was 
effected,  he  was  sent  by  President  Jefferson,  with  Edward  Livingston  and 
James  BroMU,  as  a  commissioner  to  receive  Louisiana  from  the  French 
authorities.  lie  was  appointed  territorial  judge  of  the  Territory  of 
Orleans,  now  the  State  of  Louisiana,  until  the  State  was  received  into  the 
LTnion ;  whereupon  he  was  made  Judge  of  tlie  First  Judicial  District  Com-t, 
wliich  office  he  held  until  his  death  in  1833.  At  the  second  election  after 
the  admission  of  the  State  he  ran  against  General  Jacques  Villere,  for  the 
governorship;  but  was  beaten  by  a  small  majority,  owing  to  the  jealousy 
existhig  between  the  American  and  French  populations,  the  latter  being- 
no 


MEMORANDA. 

more  numerous  tlian  tlie  former.  He  [)articii)ate(l  in  tlic  mcindi-ahle  war 
of  1814-15,  under  Jackson,  and  was  in  the  finiKuis  ni^iht-attack  on  the 
IMtish  on  the  23d  of  Decend^er. 

"My  father's  family  consisted  of  ten  chihh'en,  of  whom  I  am  the 
seventli,  born  September  14,  1810.  After  leaving-  Yale  in  LS.'K)  (in  which 
year  my  mother  died)  I  determined,  in  obedience  to  my  father's  desire,  to 
study  medicine.  I  went  to  Cincinnati,  where  I  followed  tlie  winter- 
course;  after  which  I  returned  to  New  Orleans,  entered  the  Chanty 
Hospital,  and  \\'as  shortly  after  appointed  assistant  surgeon.  In  1S,';2  1 
went  to  Paris,  to  continue  my  studies,  remained  there  eighteen  months, 
returned  home,  and  then  took  charge  of  a  private  infirmary,  being  gradu- 
ated, meanwliile,  in  the  Louisiana  Medical  C(dlege,  in  the  year  of  its 
foundation.  I  afterwards  returned  to  Paris,  to  perfect  myself  in  my  pro- 
fession, and  to  be  graduated  there.  In  order  to  be  matriculated,  it  was 
necessary  to  show  a  diploma  of  ]5aclielor  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  which  not 
being  able  to  do  I  entered  the  Sorbonne,  and. studied  for  and  obtained  my 
diploma,  was  matriculated  in  the  School  of  Medicine  of  Paris,  and  gradu- 
ated in  1839.  I  then  returned  home,  and  from  that  time  to  the  ])resent  liave 
been  practising  medicine  with  very  little  intermission.  You  see,  my  dear 
old  fellow-student,  that  my  life  has  l:)een  uneventful.  The  only  exception 
to  this  is  that,  during  the  late  wai',  I  was  regimental  surgeon  to  the 
Chalmette  Regiment,  commanded  by  Col.  Szymanski,  during  the  siege  of 
the  forts  near  the  moutli  of  the  Mississippi,  wdaere  I,  together  with  the 
regiment,  was  captured  by  Farragut.  ...  I  will  add,  to  complete  my 
autobiogra])hy,  that  I  am  a  widower,  with  a  family  of  children  and  grand- 
children, and  have  much  to  be  thankful  to  the  Almighty  for,  in  this, 
particularly  that,  althougli  in  my  seventieth  year,  I  enjoy  good  health, 
free  from  the  usual  infirmities  of  my  age — 'mens  sana  in  corpore  sano.' 
...  If  at  any  time  you  should  stray  away  from  your  prosperous  home, 
and  come  down  here  amongst  us  Philistines,  yoii  niay  rest  assured,  my 
dear  fellow-student  of  Yale  1832,  that  yon  will  be  received  with  open 
arms  and  sincere  gladness  by  yom-  old  con-disciple,  etc." 

[Letter  by  liimself.] 
180 


MEMOKANUA. 


*LITTr.E,  JOHN. 

*1835.      ■  Fnm  J'Jdni/o,/,  iV.  C. 

Jolni  Little,  tlie  ftnivtli  son  of"  Joliii  iiiid  Annie  V>.  (Littlejolin)  Little, 
wjis  l)oTn  in  Edenton,  N.  C,  on  the  I'.ltli  of  Fel).,  1813,  and  dicil  in 
Philudelphiii,  Aug.  10,  1835,  "a  young  gentleman  much  beloved  by  a 
numerous  ac(|iiaintance  at  home,  and  by  the  few  friends  by  whom,  during 
his  short  illness,  he  was  professionally  attended."  "His  father  was  a 
successful  and  wealthy  retired  merchant,  of  the  highest  social  ])osition  and 
private  and  jjublic  iniluence.  He  was  distinguished  for  great  fidelity  to 
his  personal  friendships,  and  a  remarkable  judgment  in  practical  affairs. 
John  Little  was  distinguished  for  the  same  qualities  that  were  conspicuous 
in  his  father.  After  leaving  Yale  College  [in  1S30]  he  entered  the 
ITniversity  of  North  Carolina  at  Chapel  Hill,  as  an  'irregular  student,' 
Avhere  our  boyhood-friendship  in  Edenton  was  renewed.  At  Chapel  Hill 
he  was  i)robably  the  wealthiest  student  there,  and  indulged  his  tastes, 
without  confining  himself  closely  to  his  studies ;  but  his  whole  conduct 
was  always  characterized  by  the  nicest  sense  of  honor  and  propriety.  In 
the  literary  college-society  of  which  we  were  both  members,  he  sometimes 
took  part  in  the  discussions,  and  was  always  listened  to  with  profound 
respect,  and  his  suggestions  were  ahvays  practical,  and  beyond  the  com- 
mon range  of  a  boy's  thought.  ...  I  am  probably  the  only  person  in  tliis 
part  of  the  country  who  remembers  John  Little,  and  your  letter  has 
touched  a  chord  that  seldom  vibrates  to  these  old  memoi-ies.  The  thought 
has  often  crossed  my  mind  that  North  Carolina  sustained  a  great  loss  when 
John  Little  died."  In  writing  to  a  sister  of  his  religious  impressions,  he 
himself  once  said:  "I  would  prefer  having  relig'ion  to  all  the  lionors  and 
pleasures  which  this  world  could  afford." 

[From  a  comiuun.  by  a,  niece,  and  oue  by  an  early  friend,  Oct.,  1880. — E.  E.  S.] 

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LIVINGSTON,  EGBERT  JAMES,  A.M.  1879. 

From  Neiv  York. 
Present  address :  R.  J.  Livingston,  Esq.,  New  York. 

"Dec.  IS,  1S78. 
"My  parents  were  Matiuln  and  Margaret  Livingston:  my  mother  was 
the  daug'hter  of  Gov.  Morgan  Lewis,  whose  wife  was  the  sister  of  Robert 
R.,  better  known  as  Chancellor.  Livingston.  I  was  born  in  1  )utchess  Co., 
N.  Y.,  Dec.  11,  ISll,  entered  Yale  College  in  1828,  and,  after  leaving  Yale 
in  1830,  studied  civil  engineering,  and  in  1833  was  for  some  nine  months  on 
the  Coast-Survey  under  Mr.  Hassler.  In  Oct.,  1833,  I  married  Louisa  M., 
daughter  of  Garret  St()rm,  a  retired  merchant  of  this  city  [New  York]; 
gave  u])  my  profession,  became  a  banker  in  AVall  st.,  and  some  ten  years 
later  failed,  and  retired  into  the  countiy;  and  I  have  since  lived  a  quiet 
life,  without  employment  excejjt  tiiking  care  of  my  wife's  property,  and  as 
trustee  or  governor  looking  after  the  interests  of  two  or  three  charitable 
institutions,  such  as  the  ('hildren's  Aid  Society,  the  New  York  Hospital, 
the  Bloomingdale  Asylum  for  the  Insane,  and  the  House  for  Incurables. 
I  have  one  child  living,  the  wife  of  Mr.  Elbridge  T.  Gerry,  and  four 
grandchildi-en." 

[Letter  by  himself.] 


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LONGWOirril,  JOSEJ'II,  A.  15.   l.s;52. 

FrDiii  ('ii/cl'itiudl,  Ohio. 
Present  address  :  J.  LoNGWORTH,  Es(|.,  ("iiiciuiiati,  ( )lii(). 

In  a  note  to  a  nnitiuil  trieml  Mr.  Longwortli  says:  "If  Prof.  Salisbury 
is  bent  on  ta-king-  my  life,  I  can't  prevent  him;  but  I  will  not  aid  in  liis 
murderous  undertaking-." 

l)ut  this  sort  of  life-taking  is  not  to  be  accomplished  without  some- 
thing of  the  spirit  of  martyrdom  in  the  subject.  All  we  can  say  in  this 
case,  therefore,  is  that  Joseph  Longwortli,  whose  father  Nicliolas  Long- 
worth  of  Cincinnati  was  identified  with  the  Queen  City  of  the  West  almost, 
if  not  quite,  from  its  fonndation,  is  believed  to  have  been  born  in  that  city 
within  the  first  fifteen  years  of  the  century ;  that  he  joined  the  Class  in 
our  Senior-year;  that  since  graduation  he  has  resided  in  Cincinnati, 
pnrsuing  "the  noiseless  tenor  of  his  way"  in  great  afHuence,  and  with  a 
munificence  to  certain  objects  of  public  interest  which  has  not  been  unaf- 
fected by  eccentricity  of  taste  and  habits ;  that  he  is  a  father ;  and  that  two 
sons  of  his  are  believed  to  have  been  graduated  at  Harvard. 

[R,   K.  S.] 


Tsr. 


MEMOUANDA. 


LYMAN,  ErnUAIM,  A.IJ.  1<S32. 

From  Goshen,  Conn. 

Present  address:  Eev.  E.  Lyman,  Minneapolis,  Min. 

"1  wiis  l»orii  ill  the  town  of  Goshen,  Litchfield  Co.,  Conn.,  on  tlie  od 
of  Jnne,  LSIC).  My  parents  were  i^rastus  Lyman  and  Abigail  Starr,  both 
also  natives  of  the  same  town,  who  were  married  Sept,  3,  1803.  They 
hivd  nine  cliildren,  .six  sons  and  three  daughters.  I  was  the  fourth  child 
and  second  son.  My  father  was  a  successful  merchant  for  many  years,  and 
an  'honorable  man.'  He  and  my  mother  lived  together  in  the  same  family- 
homestead  more  than  fifty  years,  and  died  in  a  good  old  age,  respected 
and  beloved,  not  only  by  their  children,  but  also  by  the  church  of  which 
they  Avere  an  ornament,  and  by  the  community  at  large.  Jly  childhood 
Avas  spent  at  home  till  I  was  twelve  years  old;  then  I  was  placed  for  two 
years  in  the  family-school  of  Rev.  Dr.  Cooley  of  Granville,  Mass.,  a  man 
of  rare  excellence  and  repute.  In  my  fifteenth  year  I  entered  the  fine 
academy  just  then  opened  in  my  native  town;  and  continued  there  till  I 
entered  Yale  College  as  Freshman  in  the  fall  of  1828.  A  number  of  my 
schoolmates  in  the  academy  were  also  fellow-students  with  me  in  college, 
and  several  of  them  were  college-classmates. 

"Early  in  my  Freshman-year,  I  was  chosen,  according  to  the  custom 
of  those  days,  the  'Bvdly'  of  my  Class,  an  office  which  I  held  for  all  the 
four  years.  It  was  not  altogether  such  an  office  as  the  name  would  seem 
to  indicate;  but  its  principal  duty  was  the  chairmanship  of  the  Class  on 
all  class-occasions,  and,  dviring  the  Senior-year,  the  chairmanship  of  all 
the  Classes  when  convened  for  united  action.     Only  once  dm-ing  my  term 

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of  otlice  was  1  callcMl  upon  to  head  tlie  (Jla.ss  as  Imlly  in  reality,  and  that 
was  in  oni-  Froslnnan-year,  in  a  not  very  i:onoral)le  affray  l>etweeu  tlie 
whole  College  and  the  'town-1'ellows.'  It  was  during-  our  Junior-year  that 
the  opposition  to  the  liulh  ship  Ijegan  to  be  developed,  which,  alter  several 
years  of  hot  discussion  and  conflict,  was  finally  successful  in  expelling  it 
from  college.  I  myself  favored  the  change,  and  was  joined  in  that  opinion 
by  a  large  nmnber  of  my  classmates;  so  that  wdien,  at  the  close  of  the 
Junior-year,  the  bully-club  was  to  be  handed  down  from  the  bully  of  the 
retiring  Senior  Class,  I  had  a  mind  not  to  go  on  the  college-campus  to 
receive  it.  But,  as  it  was  generally  thought  best  that  I  should  do  so,  I 
took  my  stand  as  the  incoming  bully.  It  was  customary  for  all  the 
students  to  form  a  ring,  encircling  the  retiring  and  incoming  bullies,  and, 
after  a  speech  from  the  retiring  one,  in  which  the  office  and  the  club  were 
magnified,  the  incoming  one  assumed  the  office  with  its  badge;  after  which, 
if  any  one  of  his  Class  chose  to  dispute  his  right  of  succession,  and  to 
contend  in  open  fight  for  the  club,  and  could  wrest  it  from  his  gras}),  he 
was  at  liberty  so  to  do,  and  he  himself  became  the  l)ully  of  the  Class  and 
of  the  College.  No  one  disputed  my  right,  and  I  held  the  club  till  the 
close  of  our  Senior-year;  wdien  I  quietly  cari-ied  it,  one  evening,  to  the 
room  of  mv  successor,  and  made  it  over  to  him  without  ceremony.  The 
club  was  a  huge  one,  about  three  feet  long,  and  as  thick  as  the  wrist  of 
an  average-sized  man,  and  was  painted  black.  It  was  said  to  have  been 
wrested,  years  before,  from  a  sailor,  in  a  general  fight  between  the  gowns- 
men and  townsmen.  I  have  said  thus  mut-li,  on  this  subject,  as  possibly 
of  some  historic  interest  in  connection  with  an  ancient  college-usage.  .  .  . 
"(3ur  Junior-year  was  made  memorable  by  what  has  since  been  called 
'the  Great  Revival,'  during  which,  in  company  Avitli  so  many  of  my  class- 
mates, I  became,  as  I  trust,  a  Christian.  This  was  indeed  a  crisis  in  respect 
to  my  whole  character  and  history,  the  beginning  to  me  of  a  new  life,  when 
I  first  aspired  to  the  Christian  ministry,  and  to  a  service  of  gratitude  to  my 
Saviour  and  of  love  for  my  fellow-men.  In  the  fall  of  1832  I  entered  the 
Yale  Theological  Seminary;  and  took  the  full  three  years'  course,  finding 
them   years  of  great  enjoyment  and   profit.     From   the  seminary  I  went 

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iiiiine(liat('l\-  lo  I'Knioiilli,  ('oiiii.,  to  sii|)|il\  the  |)iil|iil  nf  the  ( '(tiigruga- 
tiuiiiil  cliuix-li  tluTc  for  a  lew  wiicks;  at  tlic  ciid  of  wliicli  time  I  received  ;i 
uiuuiinious  call  from  cliiircli  and  pai'isli  t(i  Ixsconie  tlieir  pastur.  Tliis  call 
I  accepted,  and  on  the  I'Stli  dt'  ( )ct.,  IS.'I;"),  I  was  turniall\ didaincd  ;iiid 
installed.  The  p;irisli  was  a  lai-ge  one,  covering  the  whole  tow  n,  and  the 
Sabbath-congreg-ations  tilled  to  overflowing  every  seat  in  the  large  old- 
fashioned  house  of  worshiji.  For  more  than  twenty  years  this  parish  had 
been  nnder  the  ministry  of  Ivev.  Luther  Hart,  one  of  the  best  and  most 
successful  pastors  in  the  State,  who  had  died  about  a  year  and  a  half 
before,  in  the  midst  of  his  years  and  usefulness,  greatly  beloved  and 
honored.  It  was  a  laborious  field,  and  I  was  young  and  inexperienced, 
but  by  the  grace  of  God  I  was  enal)le(.l  to  continue  in  it,  with  many 
vicissitudes  of  fortune,  for  nearly  sixteen  years.  In  the  fall  of  1837  it 
was  divided  into  three  parishes.  ...  I  remained  over  the  original  one, 
now  about  half  its  former  size.  My  pastorate  here  was  on  the  whole  a 
prosperous  one.  .  .  .  For  four  years  after  my  settlement  I  i-emained  a 
bachelor;  and  then,  on  the  2d  of  Oct.,  1(S3!),  was  married  to  Miss  Hannah 
D.  Richards  of  New  London,  ( *onn.,  with  whom  I  have  lived  in  happy 
union  till  the  i)resent  time.  We  have  had  eight  children,  four  sous  and 
four  daughters,  of  whom  three  sons  and  two  daughters  are  still  spared  to 
us.  On  the  8th  of  June,  1851,  at  my  own  request,  I  was  dismissed  from 
my  Plymouth-parish;  and  the  following  year  was  spent  in  travelling  and 
recreation, .  with  occasional  preaching.  On  the  30th  of  June,  1852,  I 
again  entered  on  pastoral  woi'k,  in  response  to  a  unanimous  and  repeated 
call  from  the  Congregational  church  and  society  in  Washington,  Conn. 
.  .  .  Here  I  enjoyed  a  very  happy  and  successful  jiastorate  of  eleven 
years,  till  my  health  failed,  and  I  was  obliged  to  resign.  By  the  kindness 
of  my  people  I  had  spent  more  than  a  year  in  rest  and  travelling,  vainly 
seeking  restoration.  The  year  following  my  dismission  I  ])assed  in  the 
same  way;  but  from  that  time  to  tliis  I  have  never  been  alile  to  do  more 
than  suj)ply  vacant  pulpits  temporarily.  In  May,  1864,  I  removed  with 
my  family  to  Northampton,  Mass.;  and  in  -Oct.,  1873,  to  Minneapolis, 
Mill.     Here   I  am  settled  with  four  of  my  children.     My  eldest  son  was, 

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Iioiii  18(14  to  IsiiT,  coiniL-ricil  willi  tliu  ►Slii^Hit-ld  Suiuiitiiic  ►School.  .  .  .  My 
yoiino'cst  soil  wjis  a  ••raduate  of  Yale  in  the  Class  of"  1873,  and  afterwards 
for  a  year  studied  at  rlie  Universities  of  Berlin  and  lieidelberg ;  he  is 
now  one  of  the  e<litors  of  the  New  York  Tribune. 

"I  am  enjoyinf)-  many  mercies,  but  in  such  feeble  health  that  I  am 
debarred  from  all  secular  business  and  active  Christian  work.  .  .  .  Ihit 
'mv  times  are  in  Thv  hand,'  and  T  am  eiial)l('il  to  wait  till  mv  chaiiife 
come,  in  the  assurance  of  faith  aii<l  patience  of  hope.  Few  of  mv 
classmates  shall  I  ever  see  again  on  earth,  but  I  anticipate  a  joyous  greet- 
ing-, on  the  'other  side,'  from  raanv  who  have  gone  befin-e,  and  from  others 
who  shall  come  after.     So  may  it  be!" 

[Commun.  by  himself,  Feb.,  IHl'J.] 


190 


MEMORANDA. 


*McCREA,  JAMES  ALEXANDER. 

*18S0.  From  I'hihulcJiiliUi,  Pa. 

"James  Alexander  McCrea,  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Pleasant)  McCrea, 
was  Lorn  in  Philadelphia,  Sept.  25th,  1813 — of  Scotch-Irish  descent  on  the 
side  of  his  paternal  ancestors,  and  of  Quaker  descent  on  the  side  of  his 
mother,  her  ancestors  (Pembertons)  having  been,  with  William  Penn, 
among  the  early  settlers  of  Philadelphia.  In  the  composition  of  the  social 
circles  of  the  so-called  Quaker  cit}-,  the  Pemberton-family  of  tliose  days 


Very  soon  a  taste  tor  tne  memcai  proiession  aeA'eio])e<i  irseii,  nim  um 
study  of  medicine  was  prosecuted  until  the  degree  of  M.l).  lind  been 
obtained,  in  March,  1833,  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  Tlie  ti^'e 
following  years  were  passed  by  him  in  the  hospitfils  of  Philadelplua,  as 
resident  physician — surgery  and  the  treatment  of  the  insane  being-  his 
favorite  subjects  of  study  and  observation.  Dr.  Kirkbride,  now  a  leading 
authority    in    the    latter    brancli    of    the    jirofession,    was    liis    innnediate 

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l)-uiii  18(!4  to  lS(i7,  c()iiiicct(Ml  witli  tlic  Sliettield  Scieiitiftc  8diool.  .  .  .  My 
youngest  son  wjis  a  <>Tadu<ite  ot  Vale  in  tlie  Class  of"  187.S,  and  afterwards 
for  a  year  studied  at  the  Universities  of  Berlin  and  Heidelberg-;  Le  is 
now  one  of  the  editors  of  the  New  York  Ti-ilnnie. 

"1  am  enjoying"  many  mercies,  but  in  sueli  feeble  health  that  I  am 
debarred  tVom  all  secular  business  and  a(;tive  Chi'istian  work.  .  .  .  Hut 
'my  times  are  in  Thy  hand,'  and  I  am  enabled  to  wait  till  my  change 
come,  in  the  assurance  of  faith  and  patience  of  hope.  Few  of  my 
classmates  shall  I  ever  see  again  on  earth,  but  I  anticipate  a  joyous  greet- 
inir,  on  tli(*  'other  side,'  from  manv  who  have  gone  before,  and  from  others 
who  shall  come  after.      80  may  it  be!" 

[Couimun.  by  liiuiself,  Feb.,  1879.] 


Mr.  Lyman  died  at  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  October  29,  1880,  after  the  printing  of 
this  volume  was  finished.  Rev.  Prof.  James  O.  Murray,  of  the  College  of  New  Jersey, 
says  of  him  :  "  Mr.  Lyman  united  in  himself  the  best  traits  of  a  Puritan  minister.  .  .  .  As 
I  recall  his  memory,  those  words  of  Jlr.  Froude  come  to  mind  in  which,  speaking  of  the 
Puritanism  of  the  seventeenth  century,  he  says  :  '  It  produced  in  those  who  accepted  it 
a  horror  of  sin,  an  enthusiasm  for  justice,  purity  and  manliness,  which  can  be  paralleled 
only  in  the  first  age  of  Christianity.'  ...  It  is  a  satisfaction  to  his  friends  to  know  that 
the  last  thing  from  his  pen  .  .  .  revealed  the  man  in  all  his  noblest  traits,  his  courage, 
his  warmth  and  trueness  of  Christian  friendship,  his  devotion  to  the  things  he  considered 
right,  his  high  ideal  of  the  Christian  ministry,  and  the  lovely  Christian  spirit  which 
characterized  him  always." — E.  E.  S. 


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*McCREA,  JAMES  ALEXANDER 

4SS0.  Eroni  I'liilddvlphia,  Pa. 


«i 


"James  Alexander  McCrea,  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Pleasant)  McCrea, 
was  bom  in  Philadel})liia,  Sept.  25th,  1813 — of  Scotch-Irisli  descent  on  the 
side  of  his  paternal  ancestors,  and  of  Quaker  descent  on  the  side  of  liis 
motlier,  her  ancestors  (Pembertons)  having  been,  with  William  Penn, 
among-  the  earlv  settlers  of  Philadelpliia.  In  the  composition  of  the  social 
circles  of  the  so-called  Quaker  city,  the  Pemberton-family  of  those  days 
was  conspicuous,  and  marked  by  intelligence  and  high-toned  bearing  in 
all  relations  of  life. 

"On  Nov.  5th,  183'J,  the  marriage  of  James  A.  McCrea  and  Ann 
Bispham  Foster  was  solemnized  in  this  city — bringing  together  the  blood 
of  early  Quaker  settlers,  as  Josiah  Foster,  one  of  the  earliest  proprietors  of 
New  Jersey,  removed  from  Rli(>de  Island  to  that  State,  and  took  a  leading- 
part  in  its  development. 

"He  was  prepared  for  college  at  the  well  known  school  of  Wylie  and 
Engles  in  Philadelphia,  was  entered  a  Freshman  of  Yale  College  in  1828, 
and  continued  there  until  the  close  of  the  first  term  of  the  Sophomore- 
year;  when,  after  passing  the  vacation  at  home,  he  concluded  to  discon- 
tinue the  course  at  Yale,  and  enter  the  chemical  laboratory  of  Dr.  John 
K.  Mitchell,  tlien  a  prominent  lecturer  and  teacher  in  his  branch  of  science. 
Very  soon  a  taste  for  the  medical  profession  developed  itself,  and  the 
study  of  medicine  was  prosecuted  until  the  degree  of  i\I.L).  liad  been 
obtained,  in  Mnrch,  18;);3,  from  tlie  University  of  Pennsylvania.  Tlie  five 
following-  years  were  passed  by  him  in  the  hospitals  of  Philadelphia,  as 
resident  physician — surgery  and  the  treatment  of  the  insane  being  his 
favorite  subjects  of  study  and  observation.  Dr.  Kirkbride,  now  a  leading 
authoritv    in    the    latter    brnnch    of    tlie    profession,    was    his    immediate 


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predecessor  as  'interne'  at  tlie  Friends  Asylum  for  Persons  Bereft  of 
their  Reason,  and  also  at  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital,  of  which  last  Dr. 
Kirkhride  is  now  at  the  head,  as  he  has  been  since  1840.  Hut  Dr. 
McCrea  did  not  retain  his  interest  in  the  private  practice  of  his  profession, 
and  in  1840,  after  less  than  three  years'  experience,  abandoned  its  cares 
and  responsibilities  for  the  rougher  life  of  an  ii-on-master.  He  owned  and 
coaiducted  a  charcoal-blast-furnace  and  a  four-fire-forge,  for  the  manufac- 
ture of  bar-iron  with  charcoal,  in  Berks  Co.,  Pa.,  but  was  compelled  to 
close  his  works  in  1844,  when  the  election  of  Polk  and  Dallas  was 
followed  by  such  a  modification  of  the  protective  system  as  to  flood  the 
country  with  foreign  iron,  and  temporarily  to  ruin  the  iron-trade.  A  quiet 
residence  upon  a  productive  farm,  about  twelve  miles  from  the  city  of 
Philadelphia,  afforded  a  pleasant  variety  for  some  ten  years,  and  demon- 
strated tliat  farming  could  be  successfully  carried  on  without  personal 
labor  on  tlie  part  of  the  owner,  })rovIded  that  ordinary  intelligence  and 
a  systematic  direction  of  i)aid  labor  should  be  brought  to  bear  on  the 
operations:  in  every  department  of  the  farm  full  success  was  obtained, 
observed  and  admitted  in  the  neighborhood.  In  1857  circumstances  not 
altogether  within  control  appeared  to  require  bis  return  to  city-life;  and  he 
reluctantly  relinquished  agricultm-al  operations ;  though  he  has  since  then 
been  active  in  the  State  Agricultural  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  as  well  as 
in  the  Philadelphia  Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Agricultm-e,  the  oldest 
agricultural  society  in  the  United  States ;  and  he  will  always,  he  hopes, 
retain  his  fondness  for  this  leading  interest  of  our  country.  Since  1859 
he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Health  of  Philadelphia,  the  duties 
of  wliicli,  together  \vith  membership  in  several  boards  of  directors  of 
corporate  institutions,  afford  him  pleasant  employment,  without  requiring 
of  him  an}"  great  activity." 

[Commim.  by  himself,  Nov.,  1878.] 

At  tlie  date  of  the  foregoing  paper  Dr.  MeCrea  was  enjoying  "excellent  health." 
But  in  June  last  his  friends  and  classmates  were  shocked  to  hear  that  he  had  suddenly 
died.  He  left  a  widow,  with  two  children,  a  daughter  at  home,  and  a  married  son, 
will!  had  adopted  the  profession  of  civil  engineer. — Aug.  1880,  E.  E.  S. 

192 


MEMORANDA. 


*McFARLANl),    ANDREW  DAVIS. 

*1836.  From   Worcesfer,  ilfrfs.s. 

Andrew  Davis  McFarland,  son  of  WilHani  and  Anna  (Davis)  McFar- 
land,  was  l)orn  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  Nov.  7th,  1811.  His  mother  was  a 
sister  of  Gov.  .Inlui  Davis,  sometimes  called  "Honest  John,"  and  through 
licr  his  ancestry  is  traced  xip  to  Dolor  Davis,  who  emigrated  to  this 
country  from  England  in  1634,  and  settled  at  Camljridge,  ]\Iass.  He  left 
Yale  in  1830,  and  on  the  7tli  of  May,  1831,  was  married  to  Miss  Susan 
Orne,  one  of  the  most  accomplished  young  ladies  in  New  England.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  bar,  but  never  practised.  His  death  occurred  June 
23d,  1836,  and  his  wife  died  a.  short  time  after.     They  left  no  issue. 

[Comnuin.] 


U  ln3 


MEMOKANIiA. 


*MAGRUr)KR,   JOHN  8TRICKER. 

*1848.  From  BnUliiion;  Md. 

John  Strieker  Magruder,  son  of  Hon.  Ricliard  V>.  Magrudin-,  a  distin- 
guished Maryhmd  lawyer  and  judge,  and  grandson  of  General  John 
Strieker,  who  commanded  the  Marjdand  forces  at  the  battle  of  North 
Point,  in  defence  of  J^altimore  in  the  war  of  1812-14,  was  born  in 
Baltimore,  Md.  Aboiit  the  year  1830  he  was  a  pupil  in  the  Round 
Hill  School  of  Messrs.  Cogswell  and  Bancroft,  at  Northampton,  Mass., 
and  from  there,  probably,  he  came  to  Yale.  He  was  one  of  the  class 
in  its  Sophomore-year,  and  left  college  in  1830.  Afterwards  he  studied 
law  in  his  father's  office,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Baltimore  about 
the  year  1835.  He  went,  later,  to  the  South,  and  was  a  volunteer  in 
Doniphan's  expedition  from  Santa  Fe  to  California.  Recovering  from 
a  wound  which  he  received  in  that  service,  he  settled  in  .Missouri,  and 
died  there  in  1848. 

[Mostly  cominun.  by  an  iutimate  friend. — B.  E.  S.] 


195 


WKMOKANDA. 


MANNING,    JOHN   CLARK  ANGUS,  AM.   is?'.). 

/'/■'////  N(■n^  }<irk. 

Present  address:  J.  A.  Manninc,  Esq.,  New  York. 


"John  ("lark  Aiij^us  Maiiiiiiij^-,  by  wliicli  iiaiiic  lio  was  liapti/c^d,  tlio 
'Clark'  liaving  been  dropped,  however,  ssoon  after  lea\iiii;'  college — .son  of 
Jeremiah  and  Mai-garetta  C.  (Angu.s)  Manning  (his  father,  of  a  family  of 
English  descent,  long  settled  in  New  Jersey,  having  been  a  grandson  of 
Jeremiah  Manning,  who  was  the  elder  brother  of  Rev.  Dr.  James  I\rainiing, 
lirst  President  of  Brown  University;  and  his  mother  a  danghter  of  John 
Angus,  a  native  Scotch  Presbyterian,  who  was  of  the  best  Scotch  t)'pe  of 
his  period,  long  resident  in  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J.),  was  born  in  New  York, 
Dec.  If),  1814.  After  leaving  Yale  in  1830  he  entered  Rutgers  College, 
and  was  gi-aduated  there  in  1832.  He  then  retiunied  to  New  Haven,  and 
joined  the  Yale  Law  School,  where  he  remained  for  the  two  following 
years,  liaving  been  thus  a  member  of  the  University  for  the  full  term  of 
fom*  years — very  pleasant  and  somewhat  profitable  years.  That  they  were 
not  more  profitable  was  in  no  wise  the  fault,  either  of  commission  or 
omission,  of  the  excellent  Day,  or  of  his  leainied  and  faithful  coadjutors 
Silliman,  Kingsley,  Goodrich,  Olmsted,  or  of  his  good  and  accomplished 
tutor  Mr.  George  Jones.  The  venerable  and  respected  Judge  Daggett, 
whose  memory  should  always  be  green,  aided  by  the  skill  and  industry 
of  the  thorough  lawyer  and  perfect  gentleman  Mr.  Hitchcock,  then  nded 
the  Law  School,  faithfully  performing-  his  whole  duty  in  that  legard.  His 
life  has  been  uneventful.  xAt  })resent,  if  not  able  to  accomplish  much 
good,  he  tries,  at  least,  to  do  but  little  harm,  looking  forward,  with 
resignation,  to  the  time,  which  cannot  be  far  distant,  when  he  will  be 
called  away  from  this  earthly  scene." 

[Comiumi.  by  himself,  Dec.  ISIS.] 

197 


MEMORANDA. 


MERIAM,    MARSHALL. 

From  Concord,  Mass. 

Present  address :   I  )r.  M.  Meriam,  Deny,  N.  H. 

Marshall  Meriam  was  born  in  Concord,  Mass.,  Mar.  1,  1801,  and  fitted 
for  college  at  Andierst  Academy  in  Massachusetts.  He  left  the  Class 
before  the  publication  of  the  Catalogiie  of  1829,  and  was  graduated  in  the 
Class  of  1833.  After  graduating  he  resided  in  Springfield,  Ky.,  two 
years,  teaching,  and  studying  medicine.  He  afterwards  attended  medical 
lectures  in  Philadelphia,  and  settled  as  a  physician  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 
where  he  remained  about  twelve  years.  His  health  then  became 
impaired,  and  he  removed,  about  1848,  to  New  Hampshire,  in  which  State 
he  has  resided  ever  since — chiefly  devoted,  of  late  years,  to  farming.  He 
has  l)een  twice  married,  and  has  had  ten  children.  His  second  son  was 
killed  in  the  army. 

[Mostly  .il.r.  fwiii  Tliinl  Ree.  of  Class  of   183:).— E.  K.  S.] 


199 


MKMOKANDA. 


MILES,    EARL   E. 

From  Sharon,   Conn. 
Present  address:  Mr.  E.  E.  Miles,  Brooklyn,  L.  1. 

"  I  was  born  June  Gtli,  1809,  in  tSharon,  Conn.,  the  young'est  of  tliree 
sons  of  Joseph  and  Lucy  L.  (North)  Miles,  who  died  in  Ehnwood,  IlL, 
where  my  eldest  lirother  still  resides.  My  brother  Rev.  ]\I.  N.  Miles,  a 
graduate  of  Yale  in  1831,  became  a  frontier-missionary,  and  now  resides 
in  Des  Moines,  lo^^a.  My  uncle  Dr.  M.  L.  North  graduated  at  Yale  in 
1813,  and  practised  his  profession  in  Sharon  and  in  Saratoga.  I  married 
in  1830  Jane  M.  Carpenter  of  Jamaica,  L.  I.  .  .  .  We  have  four  children, 
all  living,  the  eldest  of  whom,  Rev.  E.  C.  Miles,  was  graduated  with  honors 
at  the  New  York  University,  and  is  now  living  at  Mont  ( Jlair,  N.  J.  My 
life-work  seems  valueless  in  the  retrospect,  and  rather  a  life-struggle. 
Commencing  with  school  at  the  age  of  seven,  I  was  teaching  at  fourteen,  and 
prepared  for  college  in  nine  months  ;  roomed  in  college  with  Gilbert  Smith, 
grandson  of  the  governor  of  Connecticut ;  left  college  in  the  spring  of 
1829,  for  a  business-life ;  began  at  Albany,  but  left  in  the  fall  for  Phila- 
delphia, and  after  that  taught  a  school  at  Jamaica,  L.  I.,  where  I  found 
my  future  wife.  After  marriage  I  opened  a  store  in  Sharon,  Conn.,  but 
soon  removed  to  New  York,  and  continued  in  business  there  until  the 
famous  panic  of  1837.  Soon  after  I  went  into  the  book-  and  publishiug-- 
business,  under  the  firm-name  of  Saston  and  Miles  .  .  .  and  had  a 
successful  career  until  there  came  another  panic  .  .  .  Then,  in  1849,  I 
caug-ht  the   "-old-fever,  and  with  a   nartv  of  thirty  went  overland  to  Cali- 

2b  201 


MEMOUANUA. 

foniia,  by  tlie  .soutliurii  route,  arriving  in  uluviiii  iuoiitli«.  1  rclunicd  after 
an  al)sence  of  two  and  a  lialf  years,  nearly  dying  of  a  fever;  and  since 
tlien  have  confined  my  attention  to  real-estate-business.  As  to  moral  life 
and  influence,  I  joined  Dr.  Ludlow's  churcli  in  Spring  street  .  .  .  was 
deacon,  elder,  superintendent  of  Sunday-scliool,  etc.,  and  was  out  witli  a 
military  conunission  to  suppress  some  of  the  anti-slavery  riots.  I  was 
afterwards  in  l)r.  Spear's  church  in  Brooklyn.  .  .  .  An  original 
anti-slaver}--  and  temperance-man,  I  was  never  converted,  so  far  as  1 
remember;  my  views  were  imbibed  from  the  old  'English  Reader,'  and 
especially  from  that  glorious  poem  'Oh  for  a  lodge  in  some  vast  wildei*- 
ness!'  I  have  ever  been  esteemed  a  radical,  and  never  concealed  my 
sentiments,  believing  that  with  God  on  my  side  I  was  in  the  majority. 
I  do  not  know  that  the  world  is  any  better  for  my  having  lived  in  it,  but 
trust  it  is  no  worse." 

[Commun.  by  liimself,  .Tan.,  18"9.] 


202 


MEMORANDA. 


*MINOR,    LUCIUS  110 RATIO,   A.B.    1833. 

*1863.  From  Frederklishimj,  Va. 

"Lucius  Horatio  Minor  was  born  at  Hazle  Hill,  near  Fredericksburg-, 
Va.,  the  residence  of  his  father  Gen.  John  Minor,  on  the  22d  of  Sept., 
1810.  His  mother  was  Lucy  Landon  Carter,  daughter  of  Landon  Cartel* 
of  Cleve,  a  fine  old  place  on  the  river  Rappahannoc,  long  since  passed 
out  of  the  possession  of  the  family.  Gen.  Minor  was  a  lawyer  in  large 
practice.  He  died  when  his  son  Lucius  was  only  five  years  old,  leaving- 
a  large  family — six  sons  and  a  daughter.  Much  praise  is  due  to  their 
mother  for  the  excellent  training  which  the  children  received,  and  she 
met  with  an  ample  reward  in  their  most  tender  devotion  and  attention  to  lier 
to  the  very  last.  Lucius  was  sent  first  to  Kenyon,  and  then  to  Yale,  where 
he  entered  the  Class  of  1832.  His  career  there  must  have  been  a  very 
creditable  one,  as  he  received  his  diploma  as  Artium  Magister,  though 
family-reasons  had  compelled  him  to  leave  some  time  before  the  close  of 
the  com-se.  [He  received  the  degree  of  A.B.  in  1833.]  He  became  an 
engineer,  and  rose  to  a  respectable  rank  in  his  profession  ;  biit  he  finally 
left  it,  as  it  kept  him  much  from  his  family,  and  settled  down  quietly  as  a 
farmer,  in  Hanover  Co.,  Va.,  the  forniov  liome  of  his  fiither-in-law,  Di-. 
Carter  Berkeley  of  Edgewood.  He  married  his  wife,  Catherine  Frances 
Berkeley,  in  the  year  1832,  and  was  much  blessed  with  domestic  felicity. 
He  survived  this  beloved  wife  <>uly  a  few  years,  and  died  Oct.  2Gtli,  1863, 
leaving  a  family  of  seven  children. 

"The  quiet  of  his  happy  home  was  rudely  broken  bv  the  mil  to 
arms  to  defend  his  native  State  from  invasion  in  18G1.     Himself  too  old 

203 


memoi;a.\J)A. 

t(»r  luilitan'  service,  he  yliidly  giive  his  two  sons  to  tlie  cause,  whicli  he 
ardently  supported,  and  which  he  was  ha])])y  in  not  surviving;  for  failure 
would  have  been  to  him  au  incurable  ill,  though  to  us  who  are  younger 
it  may  be  God's  good  pleasure  to  show  how  good  may  come  out  of  evil. 
In  conclusion,  I  can  truthfully  say  of  him  that  he  was  a  most  faithful  and 
devoted  husband  and  father,  and  a  kind  and  generous  master  to  the  slaves 
under  his  control,  of  whom  those  who  survive  still  respect  and  honor  his 
memory." 

[Cumiiiiiu.  by  a  son.  May,  1879.] 


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MEMORANDA. 


*NEAL,  ABNEIi,  A.B.  1832. 

*1874.  From  Baltimore,  Md. 

"Abner  Neal,  son  of  a  well  known  bookseller  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  of 
the  same  name,  was  born  in  tliat  city  Ang.  7,  LSlO.  He  was  married 
Feb.  2,  1S37,  to  Rose  E.  White,  daughter  of  Abraham  White,  Esq.,  also 
of  Baltimore.  He  was  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1832,  and  was  one 
of  a  luimber  of  the  graduates  of  that  year  who  contributed  to  the  relief 
of  Alma  Mater  by  voluntary  subscriptions  to  a  fund  for  extinguishing  its 
indebtedness.  He  read  law  Avith  James  Mason  Campbell,  a  distinguished 
lawyer  of  I^altimore,  and  practised  law  in  that  city  until  1848,  when  he 
removed  to  the  town  of  Westminster,  Carroll  Co.,  Md.,  where  he  pursued 
his  profession  until  his  death.  He  died  Aug.  31,  1874.  When  West- 
minster was  erected  into  a  city  he  was  elected  its  first  mayor,  and  that 
office  was  held  by  him  for  some  years.  He  was,  also,  for  many  years, 
auditor  of  the  Equity  Court  of  (Jarroll  Co." 

[Oommun.  by  a  brother.] 


206 


MEMORANDA. 


NUBLK,     WILLIAM    JIJ^NRV,    A. 15.    l.S;V2. 

L'roin  Eli-ubctlitdini,  N.  J. 
Present  address:    (ieu.  W.  11.  Noble,   Bridgeport,  Conn. 

"AVilliain  Ileiny  Noble,  son  of  Rev.  Birdsey  G.  (Y.  (J.  1810)  and 
Cluirlotte  (Saiitbrd)  Noble,  was  born  Aug.  16,  1813,  at  Newtown,  Conn., 
the  lionie  of  liis  mother's  family.  Until  he  was  fifteen  years  old  he  lived 
with  his  parents  at  Middletown,  Conn.,  durhig  the  hxst  four  of  those  years 
being  a  pupil  in  Partridge's  Military  School.  From  there  he  went  to  Trin- 
ity (then  Washington)  College  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  passed  two  years. 
From  18;50  to  1832  he  was  at  Yale,  where  he  was  graduated.  For  six 
months  after  graduation  he  taught  school  at  Stamford,  Conn.,  then  went 
to  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  and  studied  law.  In  1836  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  Fairfield  Co. ;  and  for  many  years  he  was  clerk  of  the  court  and 
State's  attorney  for  that  county.  In  1839  he  married  Harriet  J.  Brooks, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Brooks,  Esq.,  of  Bridgeport.  He  ran  for  Congress 
in  1850,  but  was  defeated.  In  1851  he  laid  out  East  Bridgeport,  and  in 
1852  reorganized  and  extended  the  operation,  with  P.  T.  Barnum,  building 
bridges,  houses,  factories,  so  laying  the  foundation  of  a  great  city. 

"In  1860  he  helped  to  organize  the  union-movement  in  Connecticut; 
was  commissioned  in  July,  1862,  by  Governor  Buckingham,  as  Colonel 
of  the  17th  Reg.  Conn.  Vol. ;  went  out  Sept.  3d,  destined  to  the  Eleventli 
Corps,  Army  of  the  Potomac ;  was  stopped  by  Gen.  Wool  at  l^altimore, 
and  ordered  to  station  at  Fort  Marshall  for  a  uiontli  and  a  half:  was 
sent  thence  to  the  defences  of  Washington,  Fort  Kearny  and  Tenallytown ; 
thence  to  the  Eleventh  Corps  at  Gainesville,  Va. :   with  the  Eleventh  Cor2)s 

207 


MKMOUANDA. 

ill  reserve,  moved  uii  l''iV(lerick.s))urj^',  at  Ikini.side'.s  att;ick;  passed  the  winter 
of  1.S62-63  }it  Stafford  C'oiirt  House  and  lirooks'  Station,  Va. ;  was  at  the 
battle  of  (lliancellorsville,  under  Howard  (see  (Jreeley's  '('ontiict,'  vol.  ii, 
(•lia|).  K),  |).  '.'>n~( — liis  tiie  only  rej^'inient  named);  was  wounded  in  the 
left  ann  by  ii  minie,  severinj^'  the  main  artery ;  was  ordered  home  by 
surgeon  Hubbard,  medieal  director  of  tlie  Eleventh  ( 'or[)s.  He  was  at 
Innne,  wounded,  forty  davs  on  leave;  then  left  to  meet  the  advance 
towards  Gettysburg;  was  at  ( letty sburg,  on  Cemetery-hill,  the  third  day; 
on  the  fourth  day  commanded  a  brigade  which  was  moved  in  pursuit  of  Lee; 
was  at  Hagerstown  in  face  of  the  Confederates  preparing  to  cross  the  Poto- 
mac; continued  the  march  into  Virginia;  thence  was  sent  with  Army  Brig- 
ade Eleventh  Corps  to  South  Carolina;  was  on  MoitIs  and  Folly  islands 
about  six  months ;  was  at  the  siege  of  Sumter  and  Wagner,  for  a  month, 
daih'  under  fire;  saw  the  first  gun  fired  on  Sumter,  its  walls  powdered,  aiul 
Wagner  surrendered ;  was  in  trenches  at  Wagner,  in  command  of  reserves 
and  sup))orting  force,  with  and  without  his  regiment,  many  days.  In 
Feb.,  1864,  he  went  witli  Ames'  lirigade  to  Jacksonville,  Fla. :  was  there 
j)ut  in  command  of  brigade  for  about  a  month  and  a  half;  was  in  April, 
18G4,  assigned  to  the  command  of  St.  Augustine;  was  placed  in  command 
of  a  brigade,  and  of  all  the  countiy  east  of  the  river  St.  John's  ;  commanded 
brigade  at  the  capture  and  destruction  of  Baldwin,  Fla. ;  was  sent,  in 
command  of  cavalry,  artillery  and  four  regiments,  south  to  Sand  Lakes, 
and  to  cripple  Cedar  Keys  railroad ;  returned  to  Magnolia  on  the  St. 
John's ;  commanded  in  the  construction  of  fort  and  post  at  Magnolia,  and 
over  forces  there,  and  over  the  posts  and  forces  east  of  St.  John's,  including 
St.  Augustine,  in  Aug.  and  Sept.,  1864;  was  ordered  during  Sept.,  1864, 
with  cavalry,  infantry  and  artillery,  by  land  and  steamer,  up  the  river  St. 
John's  and  Uunn  Lake,  to  break  up  Confederate  recruiting-stations,  cap- 
turing an  organized  company  and  many  disloyal  Floridians ;  on  the  24th 
of  Dec,  1864,  Avas  captured  by  rebel  scouts  between  Jacksonville  and  St. 
x4.ugustine,  while  returning  across  the  country  from  attending  a  court 
martial  as  witness  ;  was  taken  to  Baldwin,  thence  to  Tallahassee,  to  Chat- 
tahoochee, up  the  river  Chattahoochee  to   Columl)us,  and  to  Macon  ;  at 

208 


MEMOKANIiA. 

Macon  was  under  parole  ii  inoiitli  iiiid  ;i  liiili',  in  (*;nni)  Oi^-lctlioi-ix^  :  tlicnoe 
went  to  Andersonville  for  a  iiKintli  and  a  lialt';  tlieiice,  lor  ext-liaii^o,  by 
rail  and  march  across  Georgia,  Alabama  and  Mississij)))i,  to  Vicks])urg; 
thence  to  St.  Louis,  in  conmiand  of  eastern  [jaroled  Union-men;  thence  to 
Annapolis  in  May,  1865,  in  conmiand  of  a  thousand  Union-soldiers  fi'oni 
rebel-prisons,  to  be  mustered  out. 

"He  then  returned  home,  and  suffered  for  many  years  from  the  ill- 
health  produced  by  exposure  in  all  weathers  and  climates — a  pensioner 
for  wounds.  In  June,  1805,  he  was  bre vetted  Brigadier  General,  on  the 
recommendation  of  General  Grant. 

"Since  the  war,  he  has  devoted  himself  to  the  law,  real-estate- 
business,  etc." 

[Cominun.  by  liimself,  Dec,  1878.] 


20'J 


MEMORANDA. 


NORTON,    AUGUSTUS   THEODOBE,    A.B.    1832. 

From   Cornwall,   Conn. 
Present  address:  Rev.  Dr.  A.  T.  Norton,  Alton,  111. 

Rev.  Aiig'iistns  Tlieodore  Norton,  one  of  the  most  eminent  and  distin- 
guished Presbyterian  clergymen  of  the  West,  son  of  Tlieodore  and  Mary 
(Judd)  Norton,  was  born  in  Cornwall,  Litchfield  Co.,  Conn.,  Mar.  28,  1808. 

The  original  ancestor  of  the  family  in  this  country  Avas  Thomas  Nor- 
ton of  Guilford,  Conn.,  who  emigrated  to  that  colony  from  P^ngland  in 
1639,  and  was  one  of  the  first  twenty -five  planters  of  Guilford. 

When  only  three  months  old  he  was  deprived  of  his  father.  His 
early  life  was  darkened  by  sorrow,  hardship  and  poverty ;  when  a  child 
he  was  sickly  and  delicate,  but  out-door  exercise,  farm-labor  and  boyish 
games,  of  which  he  was  extremely  fond,  gave  him  at  length  a  firm  consti- 
tution ;  and  he  became  remarkable  for  physical  vigor  and  strength.  His 
Christian  life  began  in  his  fourteenth  year,  when  he  was  at  Litchfield, 
Conn.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  taught  a  district-school,  for  four 
months,  in  Salisbury,  Conn.;  in  the  fall  of  1826  his  preparation  for 
college  commenced.  He  was  apt  and  quick  at  learning.  He  entered  the 
Freshman  Class  of  Yale  College  in  1828,  and  was  graduated  witli  lionor  in 
1832.  After  this  he  taught  for  two  years  an  academy  in  Catskill,  N.  Y., 
and  at  the  same  time  read  theology  with  Rev.  Thomas  Smith,  paying- 
particular  attention  to  the  study  of  the  Hebrew,  which,  indeed,  he  had 
commenced  while  in  college,  and  has  continued  through  all  his  subsequent 
life.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  Sept.,  1834,  and  began  his  pastoral 
labors  with  the  Presbyterian  clmrch  of  Windham,  Greene  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  1, 

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1835.  Hat  liis  choice  was  for  tlio  field  of  tlie  West,  and  lie  removed  to 
Illinois  in  1835.  Jle  labored  in  various  places  till  Api'il,  1838,  and  then 
accepted  an  invitation  to  St.  Louis,  where  under  his  labors  the  Second 
Presbyterian  church  was  organized  in  the  fall  of  that  year.  In  Feb., 
1839,  he  was  called  to  tlie  pastorate  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of 
Alton,  111.,  a  position  which  he  retained  for  eighteen  years,  tlie  cliiirch 
growing  and  flourishing  under  his  able  and  faithful  leadership,  and  his 
pastoral  relations  becoming  most  tender  and  endearing.  In  Sept.,  1859, 
he  was  appointed  District  Secretary  of  Church  Extension  and  Home 
Missions  for  the  West ;  and  after  the  union  of  the  Old  and  New  School 
Assemblies,  in  1870,  for  the  more  limited  field  of  the  Synod  of  Illinois 
South,  which  he  still  occupies. 

In  May,  1845,  he  originated,  and  for  twenty-three  years  he  edited  and 
published,  the  "Presbytery  Reporter,"  a  monthly,  afterwards  merged  in  the 
"Cincinnati  Herald." 

His  religious  views  are,  and  ever  have  been,  thoroughly  evangelical 
and  Calvinistic.  Ecclesiastically  he  is,  and  has  been  through  his  whole 
ministerial  life,  a  Presbyterian  from  conviction  and  preference. 

In  many  respects  he  is  a  remarkable  man.  He  possesses  all  the  strong 
qualities  of  the  best  type  of  the  Pmitan.  He  loves  the  truth  with  a 
devotion  that  would  make  him  a  cheerful  martyr,  if  need  were.  He  is 
an  indefatigable  worker  with  mind,  will  and  body.  Burdened  during  the 
later  years  of  his  life  with  many  and  sore  afflictions,  his  courage  and 
hopefulness  have  never  failed  hiui.  He  is  a  diligent  student  of  the 
original  Scriptures,  and  of  those  works  that  aid  in  the  critical  study  of 
them.  In  his  public  addresses  Dr.  Norton  never  strives  after  mere  orator- 
ical effect.  His  power  lies  in  the  matter  of  his  discoiu-se.  A  leading 
attraction  is  its  fearlessness.  His  sermons  are  models  of  scholarship  and 
logical  acumen,  rich  in  vai'ied  information,  and  ever  abreast,  or  in  advance, 
of  the  leading  thought  of  the  day.  In  Central  and  Southern  Illinois  his 
usefulness  for  many  years  past  has  been  more  potent  than  that  of  any  other 
one  man,  in  planting  and  nourishing  Christian  churches,  and  in  sustaining 
the  interests  of  education  and  civil  liberty.     His  friends  have  ever  found 

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him  true  iuid  nnselfisli.  Firimicss  and  gentleness  an^  liaii|)il\  Mended  in 
liis  character. 

The  degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  Tlieology  was  conten-ed  on  liim  by 
Wabash  College  in  1H(JK. 

In  early  life  his  political  views  were  those  of  tlu^  old  Federalist  party; 
then  of  the  Whigs;  then  Hepuhlican  ;  always  anti-slavery,  hiiiing  tlie 
late  civil  war  he  preached  patriotic  sermons  mi  more  tlian  one  Iiuii(h(Ml 
occasions. 

On  the  r2th  of  Nov.,  1834,  he  mamed  Eliza  Rogers,  daughter  of  Deacon 
Noah  Rogers,  of  Cornwall,  Conn.,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Rev.  John  Rogers, 
the  first  martyr  in  the  reign  of  Bloody  Mary;  who  still  lives.  They  have 
had  five  children,  two  sons  and  three  daughters,  of  whom  four  are  living : 
the  eldest  son  is  the  present  editor  of  the  "Alton  Telegraph;"  the  youngest 
is  in  Cape  Town,  8.  Africa,  managing  the  "Standard  and  Mail."  The  two 
sons  have  each  two  children. 

[Abr.  from  United  states  Biographical  Diet.,  Illinois  Volume — Chicago,  ete.,  1876,  pp.  302-4;  with  nntea 
by  him.self,  Aug.,  1878.— E.  E.  S.] 


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PATTERSON,    JOHN  STUAliT,    A.M.    1879. 

From   Cincinnati,   Olilo. 
Present  address :  Judge  J.  S.  Patterson,  New  York. 

"Dec.  21,  IS 78. 
"My  fatlier  was  SamiK'l  Patterson,  an  eminent  merchant  in  Cincinnati. 
My  mother,  Mary  (Stuart)  Patterson.  I  was  born  in  the  town  of  Mercer, 
Mercer  Co.,  Pa.,  Feb.  19,  1812.  In  1815  my  parents  removed  to  Cincin- 
nati, where  they  afterwards  hved  and  died.  On  the  8th  of  Dec,  l.S,^5,  I  was 
married  to  Emily  Amanda  Ball,  youngest  daughter  of  Flamen  Ball  (Y.  C. 
1787),  who  at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  before,  was  an  eminent  chancery- 
lawyer  in  New  York  City,  and  whose  father  was  Rev.  Eliphalet  Ball  (Y.  C. 
1748),  of  Ballston,  N.  Y.  (formerly  called  Balltown),  after  whom  the 
village  was  named.  It  has  always  been  a  som-ce  of  regret  to  my  wife, 
that  she  could  not  say  that  her  graiidtather,  father  and  husband  had  all  been 
graduated  at  Yale.  After  leaving  Yale  in  1830,  and  being  graduated  at 
Rutgers  College,  I  studied  law  with  my  guardian,  Hon.  Bellamy  Storer,  in 
Cincinnati,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Ohio  in  1834.  A  year  after 
my  admission  I  removed  to  Logansport,  Ind.,  wliere  I  lived  and  practised 
my  profession  until  I  removed  to  New  York  in  18;")2.  While  in  Indiana 
I  was  recorder  of  the  city  of  Logansport,  twice  mayor,  and  prt)bate 
judge  for  one  term.  After  my  removal  to  New  York  I  entered  into 
partnership  with  my  wife's  uncle,  the  late  Henry  M.  Western,  Esq.  In 
1864  I  was  appointed  by  Gov.  Fenton  Judge  of  the  Sixth  District  Court 
of  that  city,  to  fill  the  unexpired  term  of  Judge  Barrett,  who  liad  been 
elected  one  of  the  judges  of  the  Court  of  Connnon   Pleas.     I  was  nom- 

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iiiated  by  tlie  Rejmbliciins  of  my  district  for  the  term  succeeding-  fli(!  one 
I  was  filling ;  bnt  Tanniiany  Hall  and  its  adjunct  the  Emerald  Isle  were 
too  much  for  me,  and  I  was  defeated,  tliougli  running  six  hundred 
ahead  of  my  ticket  in  the  district  and  the  adjoining  precinct  in  which  I 
resided." 

[Letter  liy  liimself.] 


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MEMORANDA. 


*PENA,   AUXENCIO   MARIA. 

*1861.  From  Maraculbu,   Colninbid,  >S.  A. 

Auxenciu  Maria  Pefia,  f^ou  of  SiuKHi  and  Maria  Solidad  (Ca!^tilla)  Puna, 
Wcas  Lorn  in  Maracaibo,  S.  A.,  Dec.  17,  1811;  and  is  believed  to  have 
been  sent  to  tlie  United  States  for  education  when  twelve  or  thirteen  years 
old.  He  entered  Yale  College  in  1828,  and  ended  his  college-life  in  the 
summer  of  1829.  In  the  autunui  of  the  same  year  he  sailed  from  New 
Haven  for  Monument  on  Cape  Cod  Bay,  went  thence  to  Boston,  and  sailed 
for  St.  Thomas,  and  from  there  for  Maracaibo.  Some  time  afterwards 
he  returned  to  the  United  States,  and  studied  medicine  in  the  Medical 
Department  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  from  which  he  received  a 
diploma  in  18o().  In  the  Philadelphia  Directory  of  1837  his  name 
appears  as  physician  and  druggist.  He  married,  Nov.  17,  1835,  Rachel 
Lewis  Reece  of  Philadelphia,  and  they  removed  to  Maracaibo  in  1837, 
where  he  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession,  being  for  a  time 
interested  in  a  drug-store  which  his  grandfather  and  his  fatlier  liad,  in 
succession,  conducted,  but  afterwards  confining  himself  to  the  work  of  a 
physician.  In  May,  1838,  he  spent  a  month  in  Canicas,  and  obtained  a 
diploma  there.  In  1X42  he  re-visited  Philadelphia,  and  there  received  a 
diploma  in  dental  surgery.  In  1859  he  removed  to  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  the 
continual  civil  war  in  Venezuela  seeming  to  have  rendered  him  \\earv  of 
residing  there.  He  died  in  Brooklyn,  Nov.  6,  1861,  of  intlannnation  of 
the  brain.   .   .   .    He  liad  no  children.      His  widow  resides  in  Philadelphia. 

[Ciimiinin.  liy  his  classmate  S.  C.  B.  from  his  widow,   Ftb.,  1S"9.] 

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MEMORANDA. 


*PHYSI(;K,    PHILIP. 

*1848.  From  I'hUaddpltiu,  Pa. 

riiilip  Pliysick,  eldest  son  of  Dr.  Philip  Syng  Physick  of  Pliihidelpliiii, 
by  his  wife  Elizabeth,  daug-hter  of  Samuel  Euilen,  Esq.,  of  Philadel})hia, 
was  born  in  that  city  Nov.  12,  1807.  He  was  prepared  for  college  in  liis 
native  city,  and  entered  Yale  College  in  1828,  but  left  in  1830,  and  was 
married  the  same  year,  (,)ct.  2ot]i,  to  Caroline  Eliza,  daughter  of  Major 
William  Jackson,  an  Aide-de-camp  to  General  .Washington.  He  read  hiw 
in  the  office  of  Charles  Chauncey,  Esq.,  of  Philadelphi;i,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  lS3(i,  but  never  practised  in  the  profession.  His  life  was 
occupied  with  the  duties  incumbent  upon  a  Guardian  of  the  Poor  and  a 
Director  of  the  Public  Schools,  together  with  others  usual  to  a  man  of 
independent  fortune,  enterprise  and  liberal  ideas.  Attached  to  pursuits 
which  called  for  activity  and  energy,  he  retired  at  an  early  period  to  a 
farm  near  Philadelphia,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  Germantown ; 
where,  while  a  farmer,  he  was  still  a  public-spirited  citizen,  always  ready 
to  lend  a  helping  hand  towards  the  public  weal ;  his  sympathies  always 
alive,  liis  common  feeling  with  humanity  always  uppermost,  he  was  in 
fact  a  guardian  of  the  poor  by  the  very  constitution  of  his  nature.  The 
same  elements  of  character  were  at  work  in  him  as  a  director  of  public 
schools ;  for  his  comprehensive  affection  for  the  human  family  made  him, 
in  an  enlarged  sense,  a  leveller — not  downwards,  but  upwards :  he  wished 
all  to  possess  the  advantages  which  would  be  most  likely  to  develop  and 
exhibit,  as  it  should  be  seen,  the  human  character :  no  one  more  perfectly 
realized,  under  all  circumstances,  that  man  was  his  fellow-being. 

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MEMORANDA. 


He  was  particularly  fond  of  music,  and  excelled  in  talent  for  instru- 
mental execution. 

His  personal  appearance  was  prepossessing:  being  a  man  of  good 
height,  full  figure,  with  features  well   proportioned,  regular  and  expressing 


genial  good  natiu-e. 


He  had  two  children,  a  son  (a  youth  of  great  promise)  and  a  daughter, 
both  of  whom  died  young.  He  died  Feb.  7,  184.S;  and  his  widow, 
July  26,  1877. 

[Coramun.  by  his  classmate  S.  0.  B.  from  a  nephew,  Dec,  1818.1 


•2'ln 


MEMORANDA. 


PLUMMEK,    ISAAC    WILLIAM,    A.  11    1S32. 

From  Glastonhury,  CUmn. 
Present  address :  Rev.  I.  W.  Plummer,  Norwicli,  Conn. 

Isaac  William  I'lunnner,  son  of  Greorge  Plummer  (Y.  C.  1804,  A.M.), 
and  Anno  Loekwood  his  wife,  dangliter  of  Rev.  William  Lockwood  (Y.  C. 
1774,  A.  M.),  was  born  in  Glastonbury,  Conn.,  Sept.  19,  l<sr2.  In 
preparation  for  college  he  studied  with  Rev.  Dr.  Joab  Brace  of  New- 
ington,  the  father  of  his  college-classmate  of  that  name.  He  spent  the 
year  1833  in  studying  medicine  at  Worcester,  Mass.  Graduated  in  1837 
from  the  Theological  Seminary  in  New  Haven,  he  was  ordained  to  the 
work  of  the  ministry  by  the  Congregational  Association  of  Illinois  in 
1843;  and  for  two  years  took  charge  of  a  small  church  in  that  State, 
and  afterwards  spent  a  year  in  ministerial  work  in  Western  New  York. 
Although  never  quite  an  invalid  physically,  he  was  always  disabled 
mentally,  so  as  never  to  bear  more  than  a  veiy  limited  amount  of  intel- 
lectual activity ;  and  he  has  never  been  able  to  write  or  to  dictate  without 
peculiar  distress.  Was  married,  Oct.  16,  1856,  to  Abby  A.  Morton  of 
Boston,  Mass.  He  was  most  fortunate  in  his  marriage  to  a  lady  eminently 
suited  to  his  quiet  habits,  whom  he  loved  and  honored  increasingly  as  time 
went  on,  till  she  died  in  the  peace  of  God,  Nov.  27,  1874.  He  spent 
most  of  the  years  1873  and  1874  In  Boston ;  and  has  since  resided  at 
Norwich,  Conn.  Has  had  five  children,  two  sons  nnd  three  daughters,  all 
now  living. 

[('onimiin.  liy  himself,  Aug.,  1H80.] 


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*i'()LK,   ALEXANDER   HAMILTON. 

*1830.  From  lialdgh,  N.  C. 

Alexander  Hainiltoii  Polk  was  Ijorn  in  Tennessee,  Sejtt.  10,  ISlO, 
whilst  liis  fatliei'  and  mother  were  on  a  visit  to  that  State ;  and  died  in 
Raleigh,  N.  C,  Sept.  8,  1830.  His  father,  Col.  William  Polk,  was  a 
colonel  in  the  army  of  the  Revolntion,  and  was  severely  wounded  on 
several  occasions — an  old  Federalist,  as  the  name  of  liis  son  might 
suggest.  His  grandfather  was  Thomas  Polk,  who  read  the  "Mecklenhurg 
Declaration"  to  the  assembled  crowd,  from  the  Court  House  steps,  in 
Charlotte,  N.  C,  May  22,  1775.  "He  was  remarkably  well  developed, 
with  an  immense  black  beard,  and  as  handsome  a  man  as  I  ever  saw.  He 
returned  from  the  North  with  a  well  marked  case  of  consumption,  and  by 
the  advice  of  physicians  went  to  Tallahassee  for  the  winter.  He  returned 
home  in  the  spring  much  emaciated,  and  died  in  the  fall.  He  was  a  most 
excellent  young  man,  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him,  especially  by  the 
young  men  of  his  age.  I  was  a  lad  of  eleven  years  when  I  attended  his 
funeral,  and  remember  his  brother  Bishop  Polk  attempted  to  read  the 
church-burial-service,  and  broke  down  in  the  eifort ;  the  services  were 
suspended  for  some  minutes,  the  whole  congregation  being  in  tears,  some 
weeping  aloud.  The  services  taking  place  in  the  dining-saloon  of  the 
Polk  mansion,  the  war-scarred  veteran  of  Germantown,  Guildford  and 
Eutaw,  his  father,  sat  at  the  head  of  the  coffin,  and,  at  this  manifestation 
of  grief  from  his  neighbors  and  friends,  though  as  stolid  as  a  statue,  gave 
vent  to  his  feelings  and  wept  bitterly." 

[Commun.  by  a  sister,  and  by  a  cousin.] 

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*l'OWER,     WILLIAM,    A.B.  1832. 

*1852.  From  Baltimore,  31(1. 

William  Power,  son  of  John  and  Anna  Power,  was  born  in  1.S13,  and 
died  in  Baltimore,  Ang.  15,  1852.  The  year  after  his  graduation  he  com- 
menced, in  the  office  of  Dr.  John  Buckler,  a  course  of  medical  study  which 
until  the  last  year  of  his  life  he  never  ceased  zealously  to  pursue.  In  1834 
he  entered,  as  a  resident  student,  the  Baltimore  Almshouse  Hospital,  that 
institution  of  which  he  was  destined  to  become,  in  later  years,  the  most 
distinguished  ornament.  After  graduation  in  medicine,  and  performing  his 
hosjiital-duties  with  ability  and  zeal,  he  determined  to  increase  his  knowl- 
edge by  a  course  of  study  and  observation  in  Europe,  a  step  of  which,  at 
that  time,  there  were  but  few  examples  in  his  native  cit3^.  In  the  midst  of 
the  scientific  turmoil  of  which  Paris  was  then  the  seat,  he  was  animated 
by  an  ardent  and  stedfast  enthusiasm  for  his  profession,  constant  and 
unwearied  in  attendance  at  the  hospitals,  laboi'ious  in  I'ecording  his 
observations,  intelligent  and  discriminating  in  his  discussions  of  the  daily 
lessons  of  Louis  and  Chomel,  Andral  and  Rostan,  Grisolle  and  Barth ; 
and  with  his  astute  and  penetrating  genius  profited  largely  by  frequenting 
the  schools  of  the  Society  of  Observation.  Inmiediately  on  his  return 
home  he  sought  and  obtained  the  post  of  resident  physician  in  the 
Almshouse  Hospital,  and  oidy  relinquished  it  when,  after  nine  months' 
service,  he  was  appointed  visiting  physician  to  the  same  institution.  In 
1841  and  1842  he  delivered  two  courses  of  lectures  on  the  physical 
exploration  of  the  chest,  at  the  Baltimore  Infirmary,  and  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Faculty  of  the  University.     His  health  had  now  become 

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MEMORANDA. 

precarious,  and  lie  felt  obligud  to  ((iiit  his  post,  l)oth  as  cliiiicul  teacher  and 
as  lecturer,  nor  did  lie  resume  liis  (hitics  till  l.Sil.  In  1845  he  was 
api)oiuted  Professor  of  the  Theory  and  Practice  of  Physic  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Maryland.  The  influence  of  Dr.  Power  over  the  young  men 
who,  as  students  or  assistant  physicians,  followed  his  daily  instructions, 
was  unbounded  :  one  and  all  caught  somewhat  of  the  enthusiasm  which 
inspirited  their  teacher,  and  stayed  him  against  tlie  crushing  weight  of 
disease ;  while  his  whole  system  of  analytical  study,  as  he  had  learned  it 
from  the  ablest  teacliers  of  Europe,  attracted  and  delighted  all  of  the 
maturer  and  best  furnished  minds  among  liis  hearers,  and  gradually  raised 
up  a  class  of  ardent  cultivators  of  medical  science,  which  has  already 
given  to  the  world  some  of  the  fruits  of  his  instruction.  The  confidence 
he  inspired  was  boundless,  for,  did  he  make  a  wrong  diagnosis,  or  misstate 
a  fact,  he  was  the  first  to  admit  it,  when  discovered,  and  to  acknowledge 
his  error.  In  dealing  with  the  errors  and  follies  of  medical  systems,  while 
he  held  truth  to  be  more  valuable  than  ingenuity — a  principle  which 
governed  his  own  teachings — he  was  careful  not  to  forget  the  claims  of 
charity.  On  the  14th  of  Oct.,  1847,  he  married  Elizabeth  daughter  of 
Judge  William  Frick  of  Baltimoi'e ;  and  he  continued  to  perform  his 
professional  duties,  with  animation  and  a  good  degree  of  vigor,  until  at 
length  the  disease  which  had  so  long  been  baffled  by  skill  and  sedulous 
attention,  gave  signs  that  it  was  obtaining  the  mastery.  During  the 
winter  of  1851-52  he  was  unable  to  perform  his  public  duties,  and  in 
February  resigned  his  professorship.  Contented  with  his  share  of  worldly 
success,  without  a  syllable  of  complaint  at  the  disappointment  of  his 
hopes,  he  could  still  take  interest  in  the  science  which  he  loved.  Resigned 
and  cheerful,  he  awaited  with  patience,  yet  with  sti'ong  desii'e,  the  moment 
of  his  departure ;  for,  while  he  longed  for  a  release  from  suffering,  he  did 
not  disdain  the  world  in  which  he  had  been  fitted  for  a  better.  He  had 
great  love  for  music,  which  was  particularly  a  pleasure  and  solace  to  him 
dui'ing  the  last  hours  of  his  illness.  Ardently  devoted  to  his  profession, 
as  we  have  said,  he  was  yet  a  man  of  varied  information  and  extensive 
reading.     As  a  friend  he  was  sincere  and  constant ;  as  a  man,  noble  in 

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his  aims,  pure  in  liis  nicaiis  ;  a  sconier  of  tlie  falser  mid  IkiIIow,  a  lover  of 
the  real  and  true.  True  to  Heaven  and  luunan  duty,  he  liv(;(l  respected 
even  by  those  who  did  not  share  his  love,  and  died  as  they  should 
die  who  see  beyond  the  grave  an  innnortality  of  knowledge  and 
blessedness. 

[Commim.  by  a  sister-in-law,  mostly  abr.  from  a  medical  journal.] 


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*PRENTICE,    CHARLES   THERON,    A.B.    1832. 

*1863.  From  Canaan,  Conn. 

"Cliarles  Theroii  Prentice  died  at  Canaan,  Coini.,  Oct.  18,  180.",, 
aged  58.  lie  was  tlio  son  of  Rev.  Cliarles  (Y.  C.  1802)  and  Clarinda 
(Kasson)  Prentice,  and  was  born  in  Canaan,  Conn.,  March  Ml,  1805.  After 
leaving  college  he  engaged  in  teaching-  in  Bridgeport,  Conn. ;  and  at  the 
same  time  prepared  himself  for  the  ministry,  under  the  tuition  of  the  Rev. 
T)r.  TTowitt.  In  June,  1836,  he  was  settled  as  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
church  in  the  parish  of  North  Fairfield  (then  part  of  the  town  of  Weston), 
now  the  town  of  Easton,  Conn.  Here  he  faithfully  performed  the  duties 
of  a  pastor  until  1851,  when  he  was  released  from  his  charge.  From  that 
time  till  his  death  he  continued  to  reside  in  Easton.  For  several  years 
after  his  dismission  he  taught  either  a  family-school  or  the  academy  of 
the  town ;  but  for  the  last  few  years  of  his  life  he  was  chiefly  engaged  in 
agricultural  pursuits.  He  was  very  useful  as  a  citizen  and  a  Chi'istian, 
and  left  upon  all  who  knew  him  the  impression  of  strict  integrity  of 
character.  He  married  Miss  Harriet  Ensign  of  Canaan,  Apr.  28,  1S35, 
and  left  a  widow  and  an  adopted  daughter." 

[From  Obit.  Rec.  etc.,  No.  5  of  the  printed  series.] 


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READ,    CHARLES   HENRY. 

From  Sharon,   Conn. 
Present  address :   Rev.  Dr.  C.  H.  Read,  Riclimond,  Va. 

"Rev.  Charles  H.  Read,  U.l).,  pastor  of  the  Grace  Street  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Richmond,  Va.,  at  the  time  of  this  writing-,  and  a  resident  of 
that  city  for  nearly  thirty  years,  was  born  in  Redding,  Fairfield  Co., 
Conn.,  Nov.  12,  1811,  tlie  son  of  Aaron  and  Maria  Read.  At  seven  years 
of  age  his  family-residence  was  removed  to  Sharon,  Litclifield  Co.,  Conn. 
The  academy  at  Sharon,  as  tlien  managed,  was  one  of  the  best  in  the 
State.  Here  the  subject  of  this  notice  pursued  studies  preparatory  to 
entering  college.  His  college-course  was  interrupted  by  serious  illness,  but 
this  abndgment  and  loss  were  in  good  measure  compensated  for  by 
determination  and  avidity  in  the  prosecution  of  his  studies  in  private.  He 
studied  theology  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Troy  in  the  summer  of  1843,  and  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  the 
Pearl  Street  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  city  of  New  York,  in  December 
of  that  year.  In  i\Iarch,  1S41I,  he  accepted  a  call  to  Richmond,  Va.,  and 
was  installed  pastor  of  the  church  then  known  as  the  United  Presbyterian 
Church  on  Schockoe  Hill,  which  had  been  made  vacant  by  tlie  removal  of 
its  honored  pastor,  Rev.  Joseph  C.  Stiles,  D.D.,  to  the  Mercer  Street 
Church  in  New  York.  The  United  Presbyterian  Church  was  consumed 
by  the  great  fire  in  Richmond  in  April,  1865  ;  a  new,  substantial  and 
beautiful  house  of  worship  was  built  (largely  by  the  personal  efforts  of 
the  pastor  in  soliciting  funds,  far  and  wide)  upon  a  new  site,  on  the  corner 
of  Grace  and  Fom-th   streets — the  name  being  changed  to   Grace  Street 

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Presbyterian  (Jluircli.  In  the  coiiflag'ration  the  lecture-room  and  study, 
witli  the  library  of  the  pastor,  and  all  his  manuscripts  (the  work  ot"  nearly 
thirty  years)  were  utterly  destroyed.  Of  course  it  required  no  small 
degree  of  courage  to  rise,  build  and  work  on,  after  such  a  loss  and  pros- 
tration. The  cliiirch  and  congregation  were  held  together;  the  new 
edifice  rose  as  from  the  ashes;  the  pastor  stood  by  his  flock  and  to  his 
work ;  the  people  supported  his  heart  and  hands ;  and  at  the  time  of 
this  writing  the  church  has  three  hundred  and  fifty  communicants  and  a 
vigorous  Sabbath-school,  and  bears  its  part  in  the  benevolent  activities 
of  the  day. 

"The  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  was  conferred  upon  the  subject  of 
this  notice  by  Delaware  College,  on  the  2d  of  July,  1856. 

"In  a  ministrv,  now,  of  more  than  thii'ty-five  years,  the  subject  of  this 
notice  has  enjoyed  most  kind  and  confidential  relations  with  his  people,  and 
with  brethren  in  the  Christian  ministry  in  his  own  and  other  denominations. 
In  18")!  his  health  became  impaired,  but  a  sea- voyage  and  a  tour  in  Eiu'ope, 
recommended  by  his  physicians,  proved  decidedly  and  permanently  bene- 
ficial ;  and,  with  that  brief  exception,  his  pastoral  labors  have  been 
constant,  laborious  aaid  crowned  with  a  good  measure  of  success.  He 
was  married,  July  3,  1834,  to  Tryphena  L.  Walker,  daughter  of  Rev.  Elna- 
thau  Walker,  for  many  years  a  successful  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
church  in  Homer,  N.  Y.  Of  three  children  two  are  living :  the  eldest, 
Mrs.  Emma  R.  Ball,  is  the  wife  of  Judge  Charles  B.  Ball  of  Leesburg, 
Lovidoun  Co.,  Va.,  a  great  grandnephew  of  George  Washington ;  the 
other  is  a  son,  who  bears  his  father's  name."  .  .  . 

[Commun.  by  himself,  Jan.,  1S79,] 


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*KKE]),    EDWARD. 

*1863.  From  Coxsackic,  N.  Y 

"Edward  Uced  was  bum  at  Coxsackie,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  ol,  1812.  Leaving 
Yale  in  1830  lie  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  from  Rutgers 
College  in  1832.  He  completed  the  full  course  of  study  at  the  General 
Theological  Seminaiy  in  New  York,  June  2yth,  1838 ;  and  was  ordained 
a  deacon  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  by  liishop  Onderdonk,  at 
Athens,  Greene  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  July  of  the  same  year.  He  was  ordained 
presbyter  by  Bishop  Otey  at  Lagrange,  Tenn.,  in  1S40.  Removing  to 
South  Carolina  a  year  or  t\\o  later  he  was  married,  Oct.  31,  1843,  to  Miss 
Julia  Blocker  of  Edgefield  Co.,  S.  C,  he  being  at  that  time  rector  of  the 
church  at  Grahamville,  S.  C.  At  the  convention  of  the  Episcopal  Cluu'ch 
which  met  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  in  May,  1853,  to  elect  a  Bishop,  he  was 
the  candidate  of  the  Low  Chiu'ch  party.  At  the  close  of  the  first  day's 
))all(iting  he  had  received  twenty-one  clerical,  and  fourteen  lay,  votes; 
Mr. -Shoud,  liis  opponent,  twenty-twn)  clerical,  and  fourteen  lay,  votes; 
but,  the  second  day  showing  it  to  be  impossible  to  come  to  a  choice,  a  new 
candidate,  a  Mr.  Davis  of  Camden,  was  elected.  Writing  to  my  mother 
under  date  of  May  7th  he  says:  'I  am  sm-e  I  need  not  tell  you  that,  so  far 
as  I  am  concerned  personally,  I  feel  no  disappointment.  My  own  election 
would  have  perplexed,  and  on  some  accounts  distressed,  me  beyond 
measure,  and  I  am  heartily  thankful  that  another  has  been  chosen.  The 
support  I  received  from  my  bretlu'en  has  been  very  gratifying  to  me.  I 
received  an  amount  which  was  wholly  unexpected.  It  has  knit  ni}^  heart 
more  to  my  brethren,  and  will,   I  trust,  be  a  motive  to  more  labor  and 

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MEMORANDA. 

watclit'uluetss  iu  the  uiiui.stiy.'  In  tlie  spriiij^'  of  1855,  liis  lie;iltli  liiiviiiy 
failed,  the  cong-reg-atioii  of  St.  Mark's,  (jlareiidoii,  of  wliich  he  was  at  that 
tune  rector,  sent  him  to  Europe  for  the  l)ene(it  of  his  liealth.  He  sailed 
from  New  York  on  the  lllth  of  May,  and  returned  during  the  latter  part 
of  August,  having  visited  England,  France,  Switzerland,  etc.  In  1851J  he 
was  professor  of  Hebrew  in  tlie  Theological  Seminary  that  was  opened  at 
Camden,  S.  C.  His  health  was  never  strong,  and  he  was  compelled  to 
make  frequent  changes  of  climate  on  that  account,  but  he  almost  inv^a- 
riably  spent  the  summer  at  Flat  Rock,  N.  C,  where  he  had  charge  of  the 
Church  of  St.  John  in  the  Wilderness.  The  state  of  the  country  pre- 
vented his  returning  to  the  low  country,  to  the  charge  of  Prince  William's 
parish,  in  the  winter  of  1862,  and  he  died  at  Flat  Rock,  Jan.  15,  1863,  and 
is  buried  there." 

[Commun.  by  a  sou.] 


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SALISBURY,    EDWARD   ELBBIDGE,   A.B.    1832. 

From  Boston,  Mass. 

Present  address :  Prof.  E.  E.  Salisbuky,  New  Haven,  of  Lyme,  Conn. 

Edward  P^lbridge  Salisbury,  son  of  Josiah  (H.  C.  1798)  and  Aliig-ail 
(Breese)  Salisbury,  was  born  Apr.  6,  1814,  in  Boston,  ]\lass.,  tlie  home 
of  English  ancestors  of  liis,  in  difterent  lines,  for  several  generations.  On 
his  mother's  side,  a  daughter  of  Judge  Samuel  Breese  of  Shrewsbury, 
N.  J.,  he  is  of  Huguenot  descent.  As  a  boy,  he  was  mostly  taught 
at  liome,  liv  liis  father,  who,  with  scliolarly  tastes  and  acquisitions, 
widened  and  improved  by  foreign  travel  and  study,  devoted  his  leisure  to 
the  education  of  his  children.  This  liome-education,  however,  united  with 
excessive  carefulness  on  the  part  of  an  anxious  mother,  especially  after 
his  father  died,  when  he  was  only  twelve  years  old,  had  counterbalancing- 
disadvantages  which  have  been  felt  through  life.  liis  ])reparation  for  col- 
lege was  completed  at  the  Latin  School  in  Boston,  under  tlie  late  Freder- 
ick P.  Leverett.  After  graduation,  high  in  rank  j^et  very  imperfectly 
educated,  he  spent  one  year  in  private  studies,  and  the  three  follow  ing- 
in  studying  theology  at  New  Haven.  In  the  spring  of  1836  he  married  his 
first  cousin  Abigail  Salisbury  Philliiis,  daughter  of  Edward  Phillips,  Esq., 
of  Boston,  and  immediat(dy  afterwards  went  to  Europe  for  travel  and 
study.  He  remained  abroad  l)etween  three  and  four  years,  and  during 
that  time  was  led  bv  previous  Hebrew  studies  to  adopt  the  oriental 
lield  of  research  for  special  cuUivation.  He  studied  with  De  Sacy  and 
Garcin  de  TassA  in  Paris,  ami  with  Bopp  in  Berlin:  and  wdien,  on  the 
death  of  De  Sac\',   liis  lihrary  was  sold,  he  improved  the  opportunit\    to 


MEMORANDA. 

secure  some  of  its  treasures  for  liis  native  land.  In  11S41  tlie  President 
and  Fellows  of  Yale  College  voted:  "Whereas  the  Aru])ie  and  Hanskrit 
languages  are  original  and  leading  languages  of  the  P]astern  nations,  and 
the  study  of  them  is  acf|uiring  increasing  importance  on  account  of  our 
missionary  efforts,  and  commercial  intercourse  with  those  regions,  and  also 
has  imi)nrtant  bearings  on  our  own  language  and  literature,  as  well  as  on 
the  history  of  the  world,"  that  a  professorship  of  the  Arabic  and  Sanskrit 
languages  be  established  in  the  college  ;  and  Mr.  Salisbmy  was  appointed 
to  this  professorship,  "to  give  such  instruction,  from  time  to  time,  as  may 
suit  his  convenience,  without  the  expectation  of  pecuniary  compensation. 
.  .  ."  Accepting  this  appointment,  he  went  again  to  Europe  in  1842, 
spent  a  winter  in  IJoini,  reading  Sanskrit  with  Lassen  and  attending 
lectures,  and  on  his  return  was  inaugurated,  delivering  at  this  time  an 
"Inaugural  Discourse  on  Arabic  and  Sanskrit  Literatm'e,"  which  was 
afterwards  privately  printed.  He  never  felt,  however,  that  it  was  his 
vocation  to  teach,  and  therefore  could  not  do  justice  to  the  object  of  the 
College  in  his  appointment.  Accordingly,  in  the  year  1854,  the  name  of 
William  D.  Whitney  (who  began  his  oriental  studies  with  him)  having 
already  become  distinguished,  both  at  home  and  abroad,  as  one  destined  to 
contribute  much  to  the  advancement  of  oriental  learning,  Mr.  Salisbury 
was  glad  to  retire  in  his  favor,  making  a  provision  for  him  as  professor  of 
Sanskrit  in  Yale,  which  he  afterwards  increased  to  a  full  professor's  foun- 
dation, adding  to  that,  later,  the  gift  of  his  oriental  library  to  Yale 
College,  together  with  funds  for  its  increase.  His  own  official  connection 
with  Yale  ceased  in  1856.  In  1857  he  visited  Europe  a  third  time,  for  one 
year.  15ut  meanwhile  he  had  become  the  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the 
American  Oriental  Society ;  and  for  several  years,  in  that  capacity,  he 
labored  to  make  its  Journal  the  vehicle  of  some  valuable  contributions  to 
the  Avorld's  stock  of  oriental  knowledge,  as  well  as  for  the  general  pros- 
perity of  the  Society — nor  wholly  without  success,  due  in  large  measure 
to  the  co(»peration  of  learned  American  missionaries.  On  the  death  of  Dr. 
Edward  Robinson,  in  I8G3,  he  was  made  President  of  the  Society, 
Professor  Whitney  taking  his  place  as  corresponding  secretary.     He  has 

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MEMORANDA. 

published  a  nuiiil)(_n'  of  papers  on  oriental  subjects  in  the  "Joui'iial  of  tlie 
Am.  Oriental  Society,"  more  as  an  amateur-student,  however,  than  as 
a  master  with  authority.  Some  literary  subjects  of  more  j^eueral 
intei'est  have  been  treated  by  liim  in  articles  of  the  "New  Eng'lander;" 
and  he  lias  privately  printed  a  paper  on  the  Diodati  genealogy  (a  topic 
of  interest  to  him  from  his  present  wife's  descent  from  a  brother  of  Charles 
Diodati  the  friend  of  Milton),  read  before  the  New  Haven  Colony  His- 
torical Society  in  1875;  also,  a  lecture  on  the  "Principles  of  Domestic 
Taste,"  delivered  in  the  Yale  School  of  the  Fine  Arts  in  1877.  The  "Yale 
College,"  ])ublished  by  Holt  &  Co.,  New  York,  in  1879,  contains  a  bio- 
graphical and  historical  paper  by  him  on  the  Trumbull  Gallery. 

In  1838  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Asiatic  Society  of  Paris;  in 
1839,  a  mend)er  of  the  Connecticut  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences;  in 
1848,  a  fellow  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences  at  Boston  ; 
in  1855,  a  corresponding  member  of  the  Imperial  Academy  of  Sciences  and 
Belles  Lettres  at  Constantinople  ;  in  1859,  a  corresponding  member  of  the 
German  Oriental  Society  ;  in  18(11,  a  mendjer  of  the  American  Antiqua- 
rian Society;  and  in  18(19  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from 
Yale  College. 

On  his  first  return  from  Europe  in  1839  he  was  the  fiither  of  an  only 
child,  a  beloved  daughter  named  ]\Iary  Phillips,  who  was  born  in  Geneva, 
Switzerland,  Aug.  1,  1837,  and  died  Apr.  5,  1875,  in  Charleston,  S.  C, 
whither  she  had  gone  for  her  health,  which  had  been  always  frail.  Her 
mother  died  Dec.  13,  1869.  He  was  in  P]urope  again,  for  the  fourth 
time,  in  1870-71  ;  and, on  the  23d  of  Nov.,  1871,  after  his  return,  he 
married  Evelyn  McCurdy,  only  child  of  Judge  Charles  J.  McCurdy  (Y.  C. 
1817)  of  Lyme,  Conn.,  by  whom  his  liome  and  life  are  now  enriched  and 
brightened.  From  his  early  years  down  to  the  present  time  he  lias  owed 
more  than  can  be  here  expressed  to  the  domestic  charities,  togetlier  with 
otlier  precious  influences  and  oi)portunities,  unworthily  as  they  have  been 
appropriated  and  improved,  which,  liy  the  blessing  of  (iod,  liave  come  to 
him  as  a  husband  and  a  father. 

He  now  divides  his  time  between  his  residence  in  New  Haven  and  the 

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MEMORANDA. 

colonial  ancestral  homestead  of  his  venerable  father-in-law  in  Lyme; 
where  rural  smroundin^s,  with  books  at  hand,  the  social  I'cfinements  of  a 
rare  New  Enj^land  \illage,  and  the  constant  example,  at  home,  of  vigorous 
and  active  old  ag-e,  beautified  by  a  noble  presence,  sparkling  wit,  keen 
intelligence  and  the  gentle  Christian  graces,  contend  with  the  old  attrac- 
tions to  him  of  tlie  university-town. 

[K.   K.  S.,  Sept.,  1880.] 


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*8Ai;rKR,    THOMAS   aAllDlNEU. 

*1872.  From  Muiisjivbl,    Conn. 

"Thomas  Gardiner  Salter,  son  of  John  and  Mar}-  (Williams)  Salter, 
was  born  at  Mansfield,  Conn.,  Ajiril  1,  1810.  He  was  ba})tized  in  a 
Presbyterian  church  by  his  maternal  uncle,  pastor  of  the  j)arish.  Having- 
completed  his  preparatory  studies  at  Ellington,  Conn.,  he  entered  Yale 
College  in  Oct.,  1828.  He  left  Yale  quietly,  but  suddenly,  in  the  year  1830, 
and  was  received  at  Rutgers  College,  N.  J.  Having-  been  subjected  to  a 
thorough  examination,  he  entered  the  Junior  Class,  and  was  graduated  in 
the  autumn  of  1832.  In  1833,  and  during  part  of  1834,  his  health  being- 
somewhat  impaired,  he  travelled  with  a  friend,  both  for  recreation  and 
recovery.  His  improvement  in  health  was  such  that  in  the  fall  of  1834 
he  entered  the  General  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Episcopal  Church, 
and  having  finished  the  prescribed  course  of  three  years  he  was  graduated 
with  his  class  in  1837.  Having-  been  ordained  deacon  by  Bishop  Brownell 
of  Connecticut  at  Christ  Church,  Hartford,  on  the  16th  of  Dec,  1838,  he 
soon  after  took  charge  of  Grace  Church  in  Utica,  N.  Y.,  ^vhicll  had  been 
organized  the  21st  of  May  of  the  same  year.  He  remained  here  a  few 
months,  and  in  Nov.,  1839,  was  engaged  to  supply  the  pulpit  of  the 
church  in  Lonsdale,  R.  I.,  until  the  following  Easter.  He  received  priest's 
oi'ders  from  Bishop  Griswold  of  the  Eastern  Diocese,  at  the  parish-chiu-ch 
of  Lonsdale,  Dec.  18,  1839.  On  the  21st  of  March,  1841,  he  took  charge 
of  St.  Stephen's  parish  in  East  Haddam,  Conn.,  where  he  remained  until 
Nov.  26,  1842.     From  June  14,  1844,  to  Mar.  30,  1845,  he  ministered  at 

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tlie  cliurcli  ill  Nantucket,  Mass.,  and  during  liis  residence  here  he  married 
Miss  Mary,  thiughter  of  Hon.  Timothy  Gardiner  Coffin  of  New  Bedford, 
by  whom  lie  had  six  cliildren.  In  1847  he  was  settled  over  St.  Thomas' 
Church  in  Dover,  N.  II.,  and  continued  in  charge  of  the  parish  until 
July  1st,  18(!1.  While  in  Dover  Mr.  Salter  was  a  member  of  the  Standing 
Committee  of  New  Hampshire,  from  1850  to  1860.  He  was  also  a  deputy 
to  the  General  Convention  of  the  Episcopal  Church  from  New  Hampshire 
in  1853-r)6.  Receiving  the  a])pointment  of  chaplain  in  the  United  States 
Navy,  he  resigned  the  rectorship  of  St.  Thomas',  and  until  the  day  of  his 
death,  Feb.  2r)th,  1872,  he  remained  in  the  Navy — taking  charge,  however, 
of  his  old  parish  in  Dover  for  a  year,  during  a  furlough  in  1864,  without 
salary. 

"As  a  boy,  he  was  noted  tVtr  liis  high  spirits,  his  generous  nature,  and  his 
deeply  religious  character.  He  was  thoroughly  popular  among  his  fellows. 
At  the  parish-school,  where  he  received  his  elementary  training,  the  West- 
minster Catechism  was  prescribed  to  be  studied,  as  well  as  the  common 
brandies ;  and  the  pastor  of  the  parish,  in  his  weekly  visits,  examined  the 
classes  in  that  book,  marked  their  proficiency,  gave  explanations  of 
difficult  passages,  and  adapted  his  instructions  to  his  youthful  listeners. 
Such  a  mode  of  teaching,  and  the  almost  daily  religious  counsels  of  a 
pious  and  devoted  mother,  rapidly  developed  and  sti'engthened  the  lad's 
naturally  religious  bent.  But  his  views,  educated  as  he  had  been  in  the 
strictest  of  Scotch  Presbyterianism,  underwent,  at  a  later  period,  a  great 
and  material  cliange,  leading  him  to  accept  the  government  of  the 
Episcojial  ('luirch  ;  and  after  his  graduation  at  Rutgers  College,  and 
his  return  from  his  travels,  he  decided  to  enter  the  ministry  of  that 
Church. 

"  Little  is  known  of  his  earlier  ministrations  in  the  various  parishes  he 
served,  but  the  few  members  still  living  hold  him  in  aflPectionate  remem- 
brance. While  at  East  Haddam  he  met  with  a  severe  accident,  which 
caused  a  terrible  shock  to  his  nervous  sj^stem,  and  serious  trouble  in  the 
head.     It  was  fully  a  year  before   he   was  restored   to   his   usual  health. 

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His  labors  in  Dover,  and  tlie  esteem  in  wliicli  he  was  held,  may  be  best 
learned  from  tlie  following  copy  of  tlie  resolutions  passed  at  the  time  of 
his  resignation: 


'&' 


'"  At  a  meeting  of  the  Wardens  and  Vestry  of  St.  Thomas'  (,'lnirdi,  held  on  the 
lJ3tli  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1801,  tlie  following  resolutions  were  nnaiumonsly  passed : 

" '  ResoVoed,  that  we  receive  the  resignation  of  our  beloved  rector  with  deep  regi-et, 
and  contemplate  with  pain  the  sundering  of  those  ties  which,  for  fourteen  years,  have 
hound  us  so  harmoniously  together;  that  we  appreciate  his  self-saeriticing  devotion  to 
this  comparatively  feeble  parish  for  such  a  long  series  of  years,  and  his  useful  labors 
in  the  cause  of  religion,  of  general  education  and  of  the  social  interests  of  our  whole 
community ;  that  believing  our  loss  to  be  his  good,  we  ought  not  to  withhold  him 
from  that  honorable,  patriotic  and  wider  tield  of  service  to  which  our  national  govern- 
ment has  called  him.  And  we  tender  to  him  our  ardent  wishes  and  prayers  for  a  long- 
future  of  health,  hapjiiness  and  usefulness. 

" '  Resolved,  that  the  clerk  be  requested  to  send  a  copy  of  the  foregoing  resolutions 
to  Kev.  Mr.  Salter.' 

"After  four  years  at  sea  he  was  stationed  on  shore,  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
New  Loudon,  Conn.,  and  Charlestown,  Mass.,  at  which  latter  place  he 
died.  He  was  on  board  the  'Minnesota,'  at  the  time  of  her  being  nearly 
destroyed  by  a  torpedo,  otf  the  Southern  coast,  during  the  late  war  be- 
tween the  States.  The  shock  was  severe,  and,  it  is  thought,  unsettled  his 
system.  He  was  also  sutfering  from  dyspepsia,  which  considerably  enfee- 
bled his  health. 

"On  the  morning  of  his  death,  he,  who  had  always  been  the  very 
soul  of  punctuality,  did  not  appear  at  breakfast  after  the  gong-call.  Tlie 
naval  surgeon  went  to  his  room  at  the  National  House  (his  family  being 
absent  at  New  London),  nnd  found  (Jhaplain  Salter  lying  insensible  on  the 
floor  near  his  bed.  He  recovei-ed  consciousness,  after  being  placed  upon 
a  bed,  siifficiently  long  to  recognize  two  intimate  friends,  then  rela])sed, 
and  remained  unconscious  till  he  passed  quietly  away  at  3  p.  m.  of  the 
same  day.  He  died  with  his  harness  on,  for  the  room  proved  that  he  had 
made  every  preparation  for  the  public  services  at  the  Navy  Yard.  His 
Book  of  Common  Prayer  and  his  sermon  were  ready,  biit  7«.9  gong-call 

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MEMORANDA. 

sounded  to  no  other  ears.  His  funeral  was  conducted  at  St.  John's 
Church,  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Lambert  the  rector,  after  which  tlie  Ijody  was 
taken  to  New  Bedford,  to  be  buried  beside  tlie  two  chikb-en  who  had 
preceded  him  into  the  heavenly  kingdom. 

"Chaplain  Salter  was  a  thoroughly  Christian  gentleman.  Ilis  large- 
heartedness  and  sj^mpathetic  nature  won  for  him  the  warm  aft'ection  of 
parishioners  and  friends.  In  the  Navy  he  was  highly  esteemed.  He  was 
an  excellent  preacher  and  a  true  pastor.  His  manner  and  .spirit  in 
preaching  made  a  good  impression ;  and  being  more  brilliant  than  deep 
his  instructions  were  best  adapted  to  promiscuous  congregations.  He  was 
not  great,  but  good  and  true,  with  large  nobleness  of  mind." 

[Commun.  by  his  widow,  from  a  brother.  May,  1879.] 


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SAUNDERSON,   HENBY  HAMIUTON. 

From  Hollis,  N.  H. 
Present  address :  Kev.  II.  II.  Saundeeson,  Swanzey,  N.  H. 

"Feb.  18,  1879. 
"Henry  H.  Saunderson,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Lucy  (Poole)  Sann- 
derson,  was  born  in  Hollis,  N.  H.,  Sept.  12,  1810.  After  leaving  college 
in  my  Junior-year  I  devoted  about  three  years  to  study.  Then,  deciding 
that  I  did  n(it  wish  to  enter  any  of  the  so-called  professions,  I  established 
myself  in  the  vicinity  of  Philadelphia  as  a  teacher  of  nuisic,  to  which  art 
I  had  given  particular  attention.  After  teaching  about  a  year  I  opened 
rooms  in  the  city,  where  I  remained  till  1837;  in  the  summer  of  whicli  year, 
my  health  having  failed,  I  returned  to  my  paternal  home  in  New  Hampshire, 
and  there  remained  till  1839.  A  change  in  my  religious  views  having 
then  taken  place,  I  deternuned  to  enter  the  ministry.  With  this  object  I 
entered  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Andover,  Mass.,  where  I  was  graduated 
in  1842.  I  spent  several  months  in  supplying  different  churches,  when  I 
returned  to  Andover,  and  remained  about  two  years  as  a  resident  graduate. 
In  the  autunni  of  184:5  I  went  to  Michigan,  and  supplied  the  Presbyterian 
church  at  Yj)silanti;  in  1S47  returned  to  New  England;  and  early  in  1848 
commenced  preaching  in  Ludlow,  Vt.,  and  was  pastor  of  the  church  from 
April,  1848,  to  1853.  I  was  acting  pastor  of  the  church  in  Wallingford, 
Vt,  from  May,  1853,  to  May,  1862  ;  acting  pastor  of  the  church  in  Lud- 
low from  1862  to  1864.  From  Ludlow  I  received  a  call  to  Charlestown, 
N.  H.,  where  I  remained  twelve  years.  I  was  minister  of  the  church, 
however,  only  nine  years ;  after  which  the  town  invited  me  to  write  their 

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MKMOUANUA. 

history,  and  I  yjivc  up  preaching'  for  tlio  time,  i'or  tliat  piii-pose.*  ...  I 
al.so  wrote,  while  in  Charlestown,  a  liistorv  of  Wallhigford,  Vt.  1  came 
liere  [to  Svvanzey,  N.  H.]  in  May,  1877,  and  liave  a  pleasant  parish.  1 
\\  ill  add  that  my  life  has  been  a  pleasant  one,  burdened  by  comparatively 
few  cares.  My  home  has  been  among  the  happiest,  aiitl  1  have  been 
fortunate  in  my  parishes,  having  invariably  had  good  ones.  .  .  . 

"I  have  had  two  children,  a  daughter  who  died  an  infent  hi  1851,  and 
a  son,  born  in  1852,  who  was  graduated  from  the  Scientific  Department  of 
Dartmouth  College  m  1873." 

[Letter  by  himself.] 

*  History  of  Charlestown,  New  Hampshire  .  .  .  with  (Teneah)gies  anil  Sketches  of 
Families,  from  its  Settlement  to  1876.  T'2G  pages,  illustr.  with  heliotypes.  By  the  liev. 
II.  II.  Saimderson.     Charlestown. 


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SCHLEY,    GEOIiGE,    A.  M.    1879. 

From  FredericJi,  Md. 
Present  address :  Hon.  G.  Schley,  Ilagerstown,  Md. 

"George  Schley  was  born  in  Frederick,  Md.,  Jan.  27th,  1S1;5.  His 
parents  were  Frederick  Augustus  and  Ehza  Asbury  Schley.  The  latter, 
who  was  a  daughter  of  James  McCannon,  Esq.,  of  Baltimore,  died 
suddenly  in  181G,  leaving  two  sons,  who  were  reared  by  their  father  and 
a  slave  woman,  owned  by  their  father,  whom  the  children  always  called 
Aunt  Polly,  even  after  they  had  grown  to  be  men.  Their  father  was  a 
pupil  in  the  law  of  Chief  Justice  Taney,  with  whom  he  liad  a  life-long 
intimacy  and  friendship.  His  practice  was  very  large  and  lucrative,  in 
the  counties  of  Frederick,  Washington  and  Allegany,  and  he.  was  one  of 
Maryland's  most  distinguished  jurists  and  advocates,  severely  logical  in 
legal  argument,  and  easy,  graceful  and  forcible  in  elocution  before  a  jvuy. 
His  memory  had  at  command  a  treasure  of  poetry  which  he  occasionally 
•  quoted  in  his  public  addresses  with  marked  effect,  and  he  possessed  in 
a  preeminent  degree  the  '  suaviter  in  modo,  fortiter  in  re.'  He  was, 
also,  a  man  of  commanding-  stature,  of  about  six  feet  and  two  inches.  His 
fame,  like  that  of  most  lawyers,  has  died  with  the  generation  to  which  he 
belonged ;  yet  the  Maryland  Reports  contain  many  of  his  arguments 
before  the  Court  of  Appeals,  which  still  attest  his  legal  research,  ability 
and  acumen. 

"George  Schley  was  the  eldest  child  of  his  fatlier.  He  was  prepared 
for  college  at  the  Frederick  Academy  and  at  a  private  school  near  Fred- 
erick, then   kept  and  taught   by  the   late  Rev.   Jonathan  Woodbridge  of 

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MEMORANDA. 

Massachusetts.  In  1829  he  entered  the  Sophomore  Class  of  Yale  College. 
His  father  accompanied  him  and  the  late  John  J.  Steiner  to  the  college, 
and  was  present  at  their  examination  for  admission  by  Professors  Kingsley 
and  Sillimau.  l^oth  of  tlie  young  men,  being  very  ambitious  and  to  a 
certain  extent  rivals,  were  at  first  a  little  nervous,  but  were  relieved  by 
Professor  Kingsley's  interrupting  the  examination,  on  the  reading  of  the 
words  in  the  first  book  of  the  Aeneid:  'et  mens  sibi  conscia  recti,'  to  tell  the 
story  of  two  rival  shoemakers,  one  of  whom  had  hung  up  a  new  sign  with 
those  words  upon  it,  given  to  him  by  a  friendly  scholar,  whereupon  his  com- 
petitor, not  meaning  to  be  outdone,  got  up  his  new  sign,  also,  with  the  words 
'mens  and  ivomerh  conscia  recti'  upon  it!  This  pleasantry  restored  the  equi- 
librium of  the  young  men,  and  the  examination  proceeded  to  the  satisfaction 
of  all  concerned.  After  leaving  Yale,  under  circumstances  which  need 
not  here  be  recapitulated,  he  spent  two  years  and  a  half  at  the  University 
of  Virginia,  where  he  was  graduated  in  the  Schools  of  Ancient  and  Modern 
Languages.  Thereupon,  shnply  in  pursuit  of  science,  he  studied  and  prac- 
tised chemistry  at  Baer's  Chenncal  Works  in  Carroll  County,  Md.,  for  six 
or  seven  months.  Then  he  read  law  in  his  father's  office  in  Frederick,  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1837,  and  commenced  the  practice  of  law  in  Fred- 
erick. Within  a  very  few  months  after  he  opened  his  office  he  Avas  much 
astonished  bv  the  announcement  to  him  that  he  had  been  nominated  for 
the  Leo-islature.  His  astonishment  may  be  imagined  when  it  is  stated  that 
he  did  not  even  know  that  a  political  convention  was  being  held,  or  that 
his  name  had  ever  Ijeen  mentioned  in  that  connection.  That  year,  how- 
ever, the  party  (Wliig)  was  defeated ;  the  next  year  he  was  i-e-noniinated 
and  elected.  After  the  adjournment  of  the  Legislatm-e,  in  May,  1839,  he 
removed  to  Hagerstown,  and  in  June  of  the  same  year  was  married  to 
Mary  S.  Hall,  daughter  of  Thomas  B.  Hall,  Esq.,  who  was  bred  to  the 
law,  but  had  died  years  before.  In  1850  he  was  nominated  for,  and 
elected  to,  a  convention  for  the  reform  of  the  constitution  of  Maryland,  and 
took  an  active  part  in  its  proceedings.  In  1852  he  was  nominated  for  the 
Senate  of  Maryland,  and  was  elected,  and  ser\ed  as  Senator  during  the 
sessions   of   1854  and   1856.     He   was   chairman   of   the   most  important 

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MEMORANDA. 

conmiittees  of  that  luxly,  and  cliaii'inan  of  tlic  joint  coiinnittee  of  the 
two  houses  upon  the  reform  of  conveyancing,  civil  jjroceediiig.s  and 
pleadings.  In  18(!2  lie  was  nominated  for  Congress,  luit  declined  the 
nomination.  Since  that  time  he  has  confined  himself  to  the  practice 
of  his  profession.  He  was  nominated  for  judge  in  1872,  hut,  owing 
to  pride  of  county-feeling  that  prevailed  in  one  of  the  counties  of  the 
district,  lu;  failed  of  election.  His  reputation  as  a  lawyer  is  local,  and 
his  arguments  can  only  be  known  by  those  conversant  with  the  Maryland 
Reports.  In  1873  be  was  elected  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Hagerstown,  a  })osition  which  be  still  holds. 

"His  family  consisted  of  tliree  daughters  and  a  son.  The  latter  was 
graduated  in  medicine  at  the  University  of  Maryland,  and  immediately 
thereafter  was  elected  by  the  Facult)'  to  be  Clinical  Assistant.  In  the 
discbarge  of  his  duties  be  contracted  malignant  typhus  fever,  and  died 
after  five  days  of  sickness.  Two  of  the  daughters  are  married.  ...  In 
January  last  Mrs.  Scbley  died  suddenly  in  Boston,  Mass.,  while  on  a  visit 
to  a  daughter  who  resides  there;  and  the  billows  of  a  desolating  aftliction 
rolled  over  him." 

[Letter  by  himself,  Sept.,  ISSO.] 


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SEYMOUR,    WALTER    WELLES,    A.B.    1832. 

From  Wethersfield,   Conn. 
Present  address :  "W.  W.  Seymour,  Esq.,  French's  Hotel,  New  York. 

"Walter  Welles  Seymour,  son  of  Ashbel  and  Mary  (Lowrey)  Seymour, 
was  born  in  Newington  (formerl)^  a  parish  of  Wethersfield),  Conn.,  Feb. 
23,  ISOrj.  His  early  life  was  spent  on  tlie  farm  and  in  the  connnoii  schools. 
His  studies  preparatory  to  a  collegiate  course  were  under  the  guidance  of 
Rev.  Joab  Brace,  D.D.,  the  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  in 
that  2^hice.  Soon  after  graduation  he  commenced  reading  law  in  the 
office  of  Hon.  H.  Z.  Hayner,  continuing  it  afterwards  in  the  office 
of  Cushman  &  Seymour  of  Troy,  N.  Y. ;  and  in  the  winter  of  1834 
attended  lectures  at  the  New  Haven  Law  School.  In  1835  he  was 
admitted  an  attorney  at  law,  and  began  the  practice  of  the  profession  in 
Troy,  where  he  continued  in  it  until  IS.of).  From  that  time  to  1859  he 
was  not  in  business.  Since  then,  up  to  the  present  time,  lie  has  been 
engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  in  Hlinois,  residing  there  about  four  years, 
and,  with  that  exception,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  residing,  for  the  last 
nine  years,  in  the  city  of  New  York." 

[('oinnuin.  by  luniself,  Ooc,  1878.] 


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SlIELTON,    THEODORE   BOTSFORI). 

From  New  Havnt,   Conn. 
Present  address  :  Dr.  T.  B.  Shelton,  New  York. 

"Aug-.  2,   1880. 

Theodore    Botsford    Shelton,    son    of    IJenjaniin    F.    Shelton, 

deceased,  formerly  a  lawyer  of"  that  place,  and  a  graduate  of  Yale 
College  [1809],  was  born  in  Stamford,  Conn.  lie  entered  college  at  the 
age  of  fourteen,  and  after  remaining  a  few  months  commenced  the  study 
of  medicine  with  Professor  Ives  of  New  Haven,  and  was  graduated  at 
the  Medical  Institution  of  Yale  College  [in  1834].  Has  since  resided  in 
the  city  of  New  York. 

"I  do  not  think  of  anything  more  that  I  can  say." 

[Letter  by  himaelf.] 


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MEMORANDA. 


*8MITI1,    aiLBERT  LIVINGSTON. 

*1835.  From  Sl/((ri>i/,  Voim. 

"(Tilbcrt  Livingston  Sniitli  was  horn  ;it  the  t'aniily-rusidenctj  in  Sharon, 
Conn.,  the  19th  of  May,  1813.  On  the  ])aternal  side  he  was  tlie  eighth 
in  lineal  descent  from  Rev.  Henry  Smith  wlio  came  from  Norfolkshire, 
England,  in  lGo(!,  and  was  the  tirst  installed  minister  of  Wetherstiehl, 
Conn.,  where  he  died  in  l<i48.  Ilis  great  grandfather  was  Rev.  Cotton 
Mather  Smith,  born  in  17."!1,  graduated  at  Yale  in  1751,  who  was  ordained 
pastor  at  Sharon  in  1755  (the  entire  township  being  his  [larish),  and  there 
preached  liis  half-century  sermon  in  1S05.  The  only  son  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Smith,  and  the  grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this  notice,  was  lion.  John 
Cotton  Smith,  the  last  Governor  of  Connecticut  under  the  Charter,  often 
tlie  Speaker  of  its  Legislature,  Judge  of  its  Supreme  Court,  Representa- 
tive in  Congress,  and,  during  the  later  years  of  his  honored  and  useful  life, 
President  of  the  Am.  Board  of  Comm.  for  For.  Missions,  and  of  the  Am. 
Bible  Society,  all  of  which  positions  he  adorned  by  the  possession  of  the 
virtue  and  the  grace  which  slied  lustre  upon  the  character  of  a  Christian 
and  the  demeanor  of  a  gentleman.  The  only  child  of  Gov.  Smith,  William 
Mather  Smith,  Esq.,  a  graduate  of  Yale  in  1805,  who  died  in  1864, 
after  a  life  of  eminent  piety,  a  pattern  of  useful  citizenship,  was  the  father 
of  Gilbert  Livingston  Smith,  who  took  his  name  from  his  maternal  grand- 
father Gilbert  R.  Livingston,  Esq.,  of  Red  Hook,  Dutchess  Co.,  X.  Y. 

"From  his  childhood  Gilbert  was  noted  for  amiability  of  disposition, 
and  for  both  mental  and  physical  activity.  Without  apparently  seeking 
affection  and   popularity  from   relatives,   friends  and  acquaintances,  they 

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seuiuod  to  follow  him  iiiisoiif>'ht ;  for  his  isWLietiiosH  ol  tciM|ici-  disaiiiicd 
prejudice,  iiiid  iie\'er  wounded  the  self-love  ot  others.  'l'hei-e  heiiiji;'  then 
in  his  native  place  an  excellent  academy,  he  was  fitted  for  collejie  while 
residing  at  home,  and  entered  the  Freshman  Class  at  Yale  in  the  antumn 
of  ISiiS,  when  fifteen  years  of  age.  lie  left  Vale  in  IS.'JO,  and  then 
became  a  member  of  llutgers  College,  N.  J.,  and  was  graduated  with  credit 
at  that  institution  in  l'S,")2.  15eing  at  home  for  a  vacation-season  during  his 
Senior-ycai',  he  became  dee})ly  interested  in  subjects  of  a  religious  nature, 
and  immediately  upon  his  graduation,  in  accordance  with  his  feelings  of 
duty,  and  the  wishes  of  his  father,  he  became  a  member  of  the  Theological 
Seminary  at  Princeton.  The  third  year  of  the  course  being  nearly  com- 
pleted, he  was  licensed  as  a  preacher  of  the  Gospel;  and  his  pulpit-efforts 
were  universalh'  admireil  for  the  sentiment,  taste  and  elo(|uence  with  which 
they  were  written  and  delivered.  His  voice  was  strong  and  musical,  and 
his  manner  in  the  desk  was  easy,  dignified  and  impressive.  The  elderly 
members  of  the  profession,  with  whom  he  was  a  great  favorite  by  reason  of 
his  modesty  and  courteous  bearing,  gladly  welcomed  him  to  their  homes 
and  pul})its,  and  predicted  for  him  a  career  both  brilliant  and  useful.  Alas  ! 
graceful  in  person,  bright  in  intellect,  pure  and  good  in  heart  and  life,  as 
he  most  truly  was,  he  was  destined  to  add  only  another  to  the  many 
examples  of  the  vanity  of  earthly  hopes  and  human  expectations.  In  the 
hand-writing  of  his  venerable  grandfather  is  the  following  record  of  his 
decease,  sad  and  tender  in  its  expression  both  of  grief  and  affection:  'This 
beloved  grandson  died  greatly  lamented,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  on 
Saturday  evening,  November  7,  1S35,  aged  22  years,  5  months,  19  days, 
lie  had  entered  the  Gospel-ministry  but  a  short  time  before  his  death,  and 
h\  his  talents,  jiiety  and  uncommon  loveliness  of  character,  had  awakened 
high  hopes  of  his  future  usefulness  and  distinction  in  the  Church  of  God.'" 

[Cotuimin.  by  a  brotlier.] 


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8MTTTI,   JOJJN   DERBY,    A.B.    1832. 

From  Netv  Haven,   Conn. 
Present  address:  Rev.  J.  D.  Smith,  M.i).,  Scotland,  Mass. 

"Dec.  10,  IS 78. 
"I  was  born  [a  son  of  the  celebrated  )>liysician  Dr.  Natlian  Smith]  in  tlie 
town  of  Hanover,  N.  H.,  Apr.  9,  1812.  After  graduating  at  Yale  I  pur- 
sued the  study  of  theology,  first  at  New  Haven,  and  then  at  Andover. 
In  1837  (I  think)  I  was  licensed  to  pi-eacli  by  the  North  Worcester  Asso- 
ciation;  and  in  1839  I  was  ordained  and  settled  over  the  Second  Congre- 
gational church  of  Charleniont,  Franklin  Co.,  Mass.  My  connection  with  that 
church,  first  and  last,  was  of  al)out  ten  years'  continuance  After  resigning 
my  charge  I  betook  myself  (in  consequence  of  the  partial  fiiilure  of  my 
health)  to  the  study  of  medicine,  and  received  a  diploma  from  the  Baltimore 
Medical  College.  During  the  war  of  the  rebellion  I  entered  the  army  as 
a  contract-sm-geon.  After  the  war  was  over  I  received  an  ai)i)ointment 
in  the  Vol.  Navy,  and  for  some  years  performed,  ashore  and  afloat,  the 
duties  of  surgeon.  After  serving  for  a  while  in  the  West  Indies  and  South 
America  I  was  ordered  to  Pensacola  Navy  Yard,  and  was  for  some  time 
in  charge  of  the  Naval  Hospital  in  that  place.  After  several  attacks  of 
fever  my  health  was  so  far  broken  that  I  was  sent  home  on  sick-leave. 
At  home  I  have  since  remained,  in  feeble-health,  my  advanced  age  forbid- 
ding me  to  hope  ever  to  be  very  well  again. 

"I  have  been  married  three  times.  My  first  wife  was  Sai'ah  Racon  of 
Woodbury,  Conn.;  my  second  wife  was  Mary  M.  Dole  of  ( 'liai-lemont, 
Mass.;  .  .  .  niA'  third  wife  (who  still  survives)  was  Susan  A.  Anthony, 
eldest  daughter  of  Doct.  J.  H.  Anthony  of  Providence,  11.  I." 

[Letter  by  himself.] 

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*SPERRY,    GORYDON  8TILLMAN,    A.B.    lsr,2. 
*1856.  From  Bristol,  Conn. 


"1 


"Coiydon  Stillman  Speny  was  tlio  sou  of  Hezekiah  Speny  of  liristol, 
Conn.,  and  was  born  in  tliat  town  ^[ar.  11,  1810.  After  leaving- college 
lie  taiiglit  school  for  a  short  time  in  Woodliury,  Conn.,  and  afterwards  in 
this  city  [Waterbury,  Coini.],  where  he  was  principal  of  the  public  school. 
He  married,  June  10,  1835,  Catharine,  daughter  of  Mark  Leavenworth  of 
this  city — soon  after  becoming  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Leavenworth, 
Spencer  &  Sperry,  makers  of  buttons.  About  1836  he  weiit  to  reside  in 
New  York  city,  acting  there  as  selling  agent  for  the  firm  just  named,  and 
subsequently  for  other  firms,  continuing  in  this  business  until  October, 
1852,  when  he  removed  to  this  city.  Here  he  became  interested  in  several 
manufacturing  corporations,  particularly  in  the  Am.  Hosiery  Co.  and  the 
Waterbury  Cotton  Gin  Co.,  in  the  management  of  both  of  which  he  to(dv 
an  active  part.  1\\  Feb.,  1855,  his  wife  died,  and  his  own  health  failed 
rapidly  thereafter,  until  Feb.  10,  1856,  when  he  died.  He  left  a  faniilv 
of  two  sons  and  four  daughters." 

[Commiin.  by  a  sou.] 

"A  solid,  good,  agreeable,  friendl\-  man." 

[Note  by  his  classmate  C.  T.] 


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SIWRR,    NATHANIEL    WINTHHOI',    A.M.    1S79. 

From  T)(i,i/]>unj,  (Jonn. 
Present  address:  N.  W.  Starr,  Esi].,  Port  Oliester,  N.  Y. 

"Jan.  27,  1879. 
"I  was  tlie  (inly  .son  of  Elias  Starr  and  Mary  Edniond  (eldest  daugliter 
of  Hon.  William  Edniond  of  Newtown,  ("onn.,  wlio  was  a  fj^raduate  of 
Yale  durini^-  onr  K evolutionary  War  [1777],  having'  left  college,  as  a 
student,  to  join  the  forces  imder  Gen.  Wooster  to  drive  Tr^ou  from  the 
State :  after  his  recovery  from  a  serious  wound  in  his  knee,  received  in 
an  engag-ement  near  Ridgefield,  Conn.,  he  returned  to  Yale  and  took  his 
degree  ;  my  father  was  a  gi'aduate  of  Yale  in  1803).  I  was  horn  in 
Danbury,  Conn.,  May  G,  1811.  After  leaving  college  I  s^^ent  two  years 
in  the  law-office  of  Reuben  Booth  in  Danbury.  In  the  ftill  of  1834  I  went 
to  the  city  of  New  Y'^ork  with  the  intention  of  prosecuting  my  profession. 
Soon  thereafter,  Dec.  3,  1835,  I  married  Mary  A.  Mumford,  yoinigest 
daughter  of  Benjamin  A.  Mumford  of  Newport,  R.  I.  Finding  it  neces- 
sary to  meet  increased  expenses,  I  changed  my  profession  to  that  of 
teachhig.  I  remained  in  New  York  until  the  spring  of  1854,  when,  on 
invitation,  I  removed  to  Y^onkers,  N.  Y.,  to  establish  a  military  and  col- 
legiate school.  In  this  I  was  very  successful  ixntil  1867,  when,  thinking 
I  had  sufficient  property  for  the  remainder  of  my  life,  I  retired  on  a  farm  in 
New  Canaan,  Conn.  The  experiment  tried  for  one  year  and  a  half  satisfied 
me  that  I  was  not  born  a  farmer.     During  this  time  I  lost  my  wife.     I  then 

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withdrew  among-  my  friends  in  tliis  city  [Kingston,  N.  Y.],  marrying,  Feb. 
3,  1869,  Eliza  E.  Tappen,  youngest  daughter  of  Henry  Tappen,  counsellor 
at  law ;  and  liere  I  am  now,  assisting  a  few  of  my  friends  in  the  education 
of  their  children,  two  of  my  pupils  being  of  the  (!lass  of  1879  in  Yale." 

[Letter  by  himself.] 


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*STEINER,   JOHN  J. 

*1876.  From  Frederick,  Md. 

"John  J.  Steiner,  son  of  Captain  Henry  Steiner,  was  born  in  Frederick, 
Mel,  on  the  9th  of  March,  1812,  and  died  in  Tiffin  City,  Ohio,  on  the  17th 
of  April,  1876.  Soon  after  leaving  Yale  College  [in  1830]  he  commenced 
the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  William  Schley  of  Maryland. 
After  admission  to  the  bar  he  located  himself  in  Tiffin,  Ohio,  and  commenced 
the  practice  of  law.  He  was  soon  made  district-attorney,  and  obtained  a 
good  practice.  In  a  fe\v  years  he  removed  to  the  eastern  part  ot  Alabama, 
where  he  speedily  obtained  a  prominent  place  in  his  profession,  and  in 
political  life,  coming  within  a  very  few  votes  of  receiving  the  Democratic 
nomination  for  Congress  about  the  year  1844.  Soon  afterwards,  in  con- 
sequence of  ill-heath,  he  abandoned  the  practice  of  his  profession  and 
returned  to  Ohio,  where  he  continued  to  live  until  his  death.  A  few  years 
after  his  return  to  Ohio  he  was  elected  auditor  of  Seneca  county.  Soon 
after  his  term  of  office  ended  he  bought  a  farm,  on  which  lie  lived, 
devoting  much  of  his  time  to  reading.  During  the  war  he  served  in  the 
Union-army  as  marshal.  After  the  war  he  lived  most  of  the  time  in  tlie 
city  of  Tiffin. 

"He  was  a  man  of  great  intellectual  power,  and  his  mind  Wiis  highly 
cultivated.  He  was  very  courteous  and  polished  in  manners,  and  of  an 
obliging  disposition.  He  was  possessed  of  all  the  elements  necessary  to 
insure  success  and  high  distinction  in  the  law  (which  he  well  understood), 
or  in  politiciil  life,  with  the  exception  of  energy.     He  was  more  a  student 


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than  an  actor,     lie  possessed  a  personal   magnetism  vvliicli  endeared  liiui 
to  liis  associates. 

"lie  married  Miss  Fannie  Boyer,  dangliter  of  \)y.  K.  Hover  of"  'I'iffin, 
Ohio,  about  tlie  year  183(S." 

[(Jomimin.  by  a  brotlier.] 

"Steiner's  fatlier  was  a  captain,  and  acted  as  colonel,  in  the  war  of 
1<S12,  commanding  a  regiment  at  iJaltimore  wlien  the  P>ritisli  were  in  the 
attack  on  that  city,  and  was,  at  his  death,  register  of  wills  for  Frederick 
county.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  exalted  character,  and  the  mother  of  our 
classmate  was  a  woman  of  indomitable  energy  and  personal  courage." 

[From  Ills  classmate  G.  S.] 


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MEMORANDA. 


STILLE,  ALFRED,  A.M.  1850. 

From  FhiladelpMa,  Fa. 
Present  address:  Prof.  Alfred  Stille,  M.D.,  Pliiladcl]>liia,  Pa. 

"Alfred  Stille  was  born  in  Philadelpliia,  Pa.,  Oct.  30tli,  \^\?>.  His 
family  was  of  Swedish  origin,  the  first  American  founder  of  it  having  been 
Olof  Stille,  who  came  with  the  Swedish  colony  to  the  shores  of  the 
Delaware  about  A.  I).  IGrjn.  His  father  was  a  prosperous  merchant  of 
Philadelphia,  from  1790  to  1810.  After  a  good  course  of  pre]:)aration,  in 
the  school  of  Rev.  Dr.  Wylie  in  his  native  city,  Stille  entered  as  Freshman 
at  Yale  in  1828,  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years;  an  age  at  which  some  lads 
may  have  the  strength  of  character,  and  fixed  principle  enough,  to  enable 
them  to  resist  the  storm  of  temptations  to  which  they  are  exposed  in  a 
university-town,  but  in  most  cases  too  early  for  them  to  a})preciate  their 
own  opportunities  or  perils,  or  to  have  any  thought  of  tlie  serious  nature 
of  their  relation  to  the  intellectual  and  moral  discipline  of  the  college. 
Too  often  the  first  two  years  are  almost  wholly  lost,  except  for  the  bitter 
experience  of  failure  and  disgrace,  upon  which,  if  principle  and  character 
enough  are  left  for  it,  they  may,  in  the  remaining  years,  build  up  a 
chastened  and  purified  manhood.  In  the  case  of  Stille,  the  fine  domestic 
influences  which  had  surrounded  his  childhood,  and  his  own  gentlemanly 
instincts,  kept  him  from  low  dissipations.  He  had  a  just  sense  of  personal 
dignit}',  and  a  sweetness  and  purity  of  character,  that  made  him  shrink 
from  all  riotous  and  degi'ading  companionships.  If  he  had  not  j'et  read  or 
reflected  on  the  advice  of  Polonius  to  his  son,  in  regard  to  his  relations  to 
other  young'  men,  he  at  least  acted  on  the  same  principles.  Without 
giving  any  marked  sign  of  futm'e  distinction,  Stille  maintained  a  respecta- 
ble standing  in  the  Class,  till  his  course  was  cut  short  in  the  year  1830. 

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MEMORANDA. 

Twenty  years  later,  liovvever,  he  received  from  Yale  College  the  h(Hioi-;iry 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts.  Immediately  on  leaving  Yale  he  entered  the 
Department  of  Arts  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  gi-adu- 
ated  with  honor  in  1832.  In  tlie  following  year  he  commenced  the  study 
of  medicine,  and  in  1836  received  the  degree  of  M.I),  from  the  Tiiiversity 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  ^vas  appointed  resident  physician  in  the  Philadelphia 
Hospital.  After  a  few  months  he  resigned  this  jjosition  and  went  abroad 
to  perfect  his  medical  education,  spending  two  years  in  study,  mostly  in 
the  schools  of  Paris.  On  his  retuni  he  was  for  two  yeai's  a  resident 
physician  in  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital.  In  I80I  he  again  visited  Euro})e, 
and  spent  a  year  in  professional  studies,  chiefly  in  Vienna. 

"Dr.  Stillc's  Avliole  course  has  been  marked  by  intense  and  enthusiastic 
devotion  to  medical  science,  and  attended  with  honors  and  rewards  well 
repaying  the  sacrifice.  From  the  year  1839  onwards  he  has  been  continu- 
ally in  official  position  as  resident  or  attending  physician,  lecturer,  pro- 
fessor, or  president,  in  one  or  another  of  the  medical  institutions  of  his  native 
city.  In  1871  he  was  President  of  the  American  Medical  Association, 
and  in  187G  received  the  honorary  degree  of  LL.I).  from  Pennsylvania 
College.  Since  180-1:  his  position  has  been  that  of  Professor  of  the 
Theory  and  Practice  of  Medicine  in  the  Medical  Department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvanin.  In  this  chair  he  has  lectured  each  year  to  large 
and  admiring  classes,  and  has  contributed  eminently  to  make  Philadelphia 
that  centre  of  attraction  to  medical  aspirants  which  it  has  now  become 
During  all  this  time  his  literary  activity  has  been  great  and  increasing 
The  number  of  his  published  essays,  translations,  reviews,  occasional 
articles  and  solid  original  works,  is  very  large.  The  most  important,  and 
those  that  have  achieved  for  him  a  high  and  enduring  reputation,  both  at 
home  and  abroad,  are  his  'Elements  of  General  Pathology,'  published  in 
1848,  and,  in  a  still  higher  degree,  his  'Therapeutics  and  Materia  Medica,' 
a  systematic  treatise  on  the  action  and  uses  of  medicinal  agents,  including 
their  description  and  history.  This  truly  noble  Avork,  in  two  volumes  of 
nearly  one  thousand  pages  each,  first  published  in  1860,  has  passed 
through  four  editions,  and  is  everywhere  recognized  as  a  standaixl  treatise 

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MKMOKANDA. 

and  b()t)k  of  reference  in  its  department.  Each  .successive  edition  has 
brought  out  the  most  flattering-  notices  from  such  established  autliorities  as 
the  'London  Lancet,'  the  'Edinburg  Medical  Journal,'  the  'Archives 
Grenerales  of  Paris,'  the  'Prague  Quarterly  Journal,'  and  from  numerous 
other  sources  European  and  American.  It  has  placed  tlu!  iuithoi-,  by 
universal  consent,  in  the  front  rank  of  medical  authors,  and  has  secured 
his  fame  and  usefulness  for  many  years  to  come.  Of  the  third  edition, 
published  in  1868,  the  'London  Lancet'  observed:  'It  is  the  only  Materia 
Medica  in  which  therapeutics  are  primarily  considered;  the  mere  natural 
history  of  drugs  being  briefly  disposed  of.  To  medical  practitioners  this  is 
a  very  valuable  conception.  It  is  w^onderful  how  much  of  the  riches  of 
the  literature  of  materia  medica  has  been  condensed  into  this  book.  The 
references  alone  would  make  it  worth  possessing.  For  purposes  of  prac- 
tice it  is  almost  unique  as  a  repertory  of  information,  empirical  and 
scientific,  on  the  action  and  use  of  medicines.'  In  1880  was  published 
the  '  National  Dispensatory,'  prepared  by  Professor  Maisch  conjointl}-  a\  ith 
D)".  Stille.  Although  a  very  elaborate  work,  a  second  edition  of  it  was 
required  within  six  months. 

"Dr.  Stille  was  married  in  1841,  and  has  had  three  children,  the  eldest 
of  whom,  a  daughter,  married  Dr.  Robert  S.  Ives  of  New  Haven.  Both  (if 
his  sons  were  physicians ;  the  younger  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-three, 
the  elder  practices  his  profession  in  Mexico. 

"The  memory  of  the  writer  of  this  brief  sketch,  reaching  back  to  the 
year  1830,  sets  Alft-ed  Stille  before  him  as  a  slightly  built  lad,  with  fine 
clean-cut  features,  of  quiet  and  gentlemanly  manners,  carefully  dressed, 
and  with  a  general  air  of  refinement  throughout.  His  life  has  been  that 
of  a  benefactor  of  his  species,  in  one  of  the  noblest  of  human  callings,  and 
presents  an  example,  full  of  encouragement  to  college-men,  of  what  may 
be  achieved  by  intense  and  unremitting  fidelity  to  duty.  His  classmates 
will  recall  with  pleasure  and  pride  that  for  two  years,  at  least,  they  Avere 
associated  with  him,  in  a  Class  rather  disastrously  distinguished  for  the 
thiiniess  of  its  ranks  at  graduation." 

[Comimm.  liy  his  chissmate  S.  M.  II.] 

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*ST(:)NE,   COLLINS,  A.B.   1832. 

4870.  From  Durham,  Conn. 


*i 


Collins  Stone,  the  secuiid  son  of  Timothy  and  iMinice  (Parmalee) 
Stone,  of  Gruilford,  Conn.,  was  born  in  that  town  Sept.  7,  1812.  In  1833, 
IiaA-iny-  taught  school  for  a  few  niontlis  after  his  graduation,  with  marked 
eificiency  and  success,  he  became  a  teacher  in  the  American  Asylum  for 
the  Deaf  and  Dumb  at  liartford.  Conn.,  which  position  he  continued  to 
hold  until  October,  1852,  \\'lien  he  was  advanced  to  the  oifice  of  Principal 
of  the  ()hio  State  Asylum  at  Columbus.  In  1863  he  was  recalled  to  the 
American  Asylum  as  Principal,  and  that  place  he  held  at  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  was  killed,  almost  instantly,  Dec.  23,  1870,  in  attempting  to 
drive  across  the  railway-track  in  Hartford,  in  front  of  an  approaching 
train. 

Mr.  Stone  studied  theology  with  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  liawes  of  Hartford, 
and  was  ordained  as  an  evangelist,  in  Ohio,  Apr.  5,  1853.  At  the  time 
of  his  death  he  was  a  deacon  in  the  Centre  Church  in  Hartford. 

He  married  Miss  Ellen  Jane  Gill  in  1839,  who  survived  liim,  with  two 
sons  and  three  daughters:  the  elder  son  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  18G2, 
and  succeeded  his  father  in  the  cliarge  of  the  American  Asylum,  but  died 
after  a  brief  term  of  service  there. 

To  Mr.  Stone  belongs  the  credit  of  laying  the  foundations  upon  which 
the  Ohio  institution  for  deaf  nmtes  has  risen  to  its  present  prosperous 
condition;  and  the  Asylum  in  Hartford  was  successfully  carried  by  him 
through  difficult  times.  The  secret  of  his  success  is  not  to  be  found  in 
anv  original,  or  brilliant,  qualities  of  mind,  but  I'atlier  in   his  executive 


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MEMORANDA. 

efficiency,  due  to  good  sense,  j^ower  of  concentration,  strength  of  will, 
quickness  of  perception  and  alacrity  in  action,  balanced  by  an  instinct  of 
cautiousness  without  finesse.  Yet  all-enntrolling  was  his  conscientious,  self- 
denying  devotion  to  duty,  which  had  its  spring  in  unostentatious  but 
genuinely  honest  religious  faitli  and  hope.  In  all  the  relations  of  life  he 
manifested  goodness  of  heart,  though  a  positive,  urgent  aiul  pei'sistent 
nature  sometimes  gave  to  his  manners  a  touch  of  roughness.  He  was 
distinguished  for  modesty,  was  never  elated  by  promotion,  and,  so  far 
from  putting  on  airs  toward  his  subordinates,  sought  to  prevent  their 
being  conscious  of  his  authority.  Cheerful  in  disposition,  lie  delighted  to 
unbend  in  sprightly  social  converse,  varied  by  sports  belonging  to  boy- 
hood, games  of  skill,  riding  and  driving.  As  a  writer  his  productions 
were  generally  marked  by  vigor,  orderly  arrangement,  coiTectness  of 
taste,  clearness  and  aptness;  on  an  occasion  which  called  for  it  lie  could 
write  in  a  style  of  finished  and  impressive  eloqiience. 

[Abr.  from  Fifty-fifth  An.  Report  of  Am.  .\s_rhmi,  pp.  U  II,  and  from  Oliit.   Rcc,  ctf.,  Xo.  I   of  peeoiiil 
series. — E.  E.  S.] 


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MEMOEANDA. 


STONE,  ROLLIN  SIDNEY,  A. P..  is;32. 

From  New  York. 
Present  address:  Rev.  E.  S.  Stone,  Cliatliam,  N.  J. 

Rollin  Sidney  Stone,  fiftli  child  of  William  and  Lncy  (Parmalee)  Stone, 
and  of  tlie  seventh  generation  from  Ivev.  Samnel  Stone,  a  I'uritan  divine 
in  tlie  reign  of  (jueen  Elizabeth,  was  born  in  ( 'anton.  Conn.,  Feb.  1<S, 
ISO'.I.  In  lS-21  his  father  moved  with  liis  family  to  the  city  of  New  York, 
where  he  spent  a  few  years  as  a  clerk.  He  united  with  the  Central 
Presbyterian  Church  in  I^roome  street,  New  York,  under  the  pastoral  care 
of  Rev.  Dr.  Patton,  in  Nov.,  182r).  Having  entered  Yale  in  1S28,  he 
taught  in  Derby,  Conn.,  while  in  college  and  afterwards.  In  May,  1833, 
he  received  a  local  license  from  the  New  Haven  West  Association,  and 
engaged  to  supply  the  pulpits  of  Derby  and  Humphreysville,  Conn., 
alternately  with  Rev.  Zephaniah  Swift  of  Derb}^  In  October  of  the  same 
year  he  entered  the  Yale  Theological  Seminary,  and  took  an  exempt 
course  of  study  for  one  year;  after  which  he  received  a  regular  license  to 
preach  from  the  New  Haven  East  Association.  He  began  to  preach  in 
i3rooklyn,  L.  I.,  in  Sept.,  1834,  in  a  mission-enterprise,  which  rijiened  into 
the  Third  Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  he  was  ordained  pastor,  and 
continued  so  to  be  till  April,  1837.  In  Jan.,  1838,  he  was  installed  pastor 
of  the  Congregational  church  iu  Danbury,  Conn.,  where  lie  remained  till 
Feb.,  1850.  From  1850  to  1852  he  was  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
church  in  East  Hampton,  Mass. ;  afterwards,  of  the  newly  organized 
Payson  Church  in  that  place  till  1863.  He  returned  to  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
in  1865,  served  about  a  year  as  agent  for  the  American  Freedmen's  Relief 

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Association,  and  for  another  yeai-  was  engaged  as  City  Missionary.  In 
Nov.,  1835,  he  married  Miss  Urania  E.  Stone,  dangliter  of  Timothy  and 
I^lnnice  (Parmalee)  Stone  of  Dnrham,  Conn.,  and  lias  liad  five  children,  of 
whom  three  are  living,  and  three  grandchildren.  He  says  of  himself:  "I 
think  I  have  done  some  good  in  the  world,  bnt  know  I  have  done  so 
much  evil  that  perhaps  the  world  would  have  been  better  if  T  had  con- 
tinued to  shmiber  in  some  pre-existent  state." 

In  1879  he  was  settled  over  the  Congregational  church  in   Stanley, 
N.J. 

[Mostly  from  coinmua.  by  himself,  Dec,  ISIS. — E.  E.  S.J 


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*SWIFT,   CILABLES  WELLS. 

*1877.  Fivin  VoiKjlilceepsie,  N.  Y. 

"Charles  Wells  Swift,  late  of  Poughkeepsie,  Dutchess  Co.,  N.  Y.,  wlio 
died  on  the  l!)th  of  November,  1877,  in  the  sixty-sixth  year  of  his  age, 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Washington  in  that  county.  He  was  tlie  son  of 
Henry  Swift  (Y.  C.  1S04),  a  lawyer  of  celebrity  in  his  life-time,  who, 
four  years  after  the  birtli  of  liis  son,  I'emoved  liis  residence  from  the  town 
of  Washington  to  Poughkeepsie;  and  the  family  have  since  always  resided 
in  that  city.  He  was  entered  in  the  Freshman  Class  of  Yale  College  in 
the  year  1828,  but  ceased  to  be  connected  with  that  college  in  the  Sopho- 
more-year, and  was  graduated  at  Rutgers  in  the  year  1832.  He  received 
the  degree  of  A.M.  from  Rutgers  in  1836,  and  was  appointed  a  trustee  of 
that  institution  in  1853 — an  office  which  he  held  until  his  death.  Mr. 
Swift  studied  law  in  the  office  of  his  father,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  the  year  1836.  He  was  twice  married:  in  early  life  to  a  daugliter  of 
John  C.  Van  Wyck  of  Fishkill  on  the  Hudson;  and  afterwards  to  a 
daughter  of  Dr.  Messier  of  Somerville,  N.  J.  He  left  surviving  him  his 
widow  and  a  family  of  six  children.  Mr.  Swift  had  been  mayor  of 
Poughkeepsie  for  two  successive  terms.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  filled 
many  places  of  trust  and  responsibility:  was  vice-president  of  a  bank  and 
one  of  its  principal  managers;  president  of  the  Dutchess  Turnpike  Co.; 
director  of  the  Dutchess  Countv  Mutual  Insurance  Co.,  and  of  tlie  Pouffh- 
keepsie  Gas  Co.;  a  trustee,  and  for  several  years  prominent  in  the  direc- 

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tioii,  <>l'  N'nssar  College;  even  to  a  greater  extent  itniniiiicnt  in  the  direction 
of  the  ( )1(1  Ladies  Home  at  Poughkeepsie;  and  othei-wise  lai'gely  interested 
in  most  of  tlie  business-enterprises  of  that  city. 

"A  ])art  of  one  of  the  numerous  published  (djituary  notices  of  Mr. 
Swift  was  in  the  following  words:  'The  prominent  business-men  named 
him  as  the  most  sagacious  of  their  number;  the  legal  profession  recognized 
the  eminent  wisdom  of  his  counsel;  the  men  of  taste  for  literature  had 
genial  conn»anIonship  witli  him;  those  who  sought  integrity  of  character 
found  it  in  him.  In  his  life  were  the  virtues  of  geniality,  of  gentleness,  of 
modesty,  of  patience,  of  charity ;  and  these  are  the  virtues  of  the  Clu-istian 
gentleman.  The  students  of  Vassar  owe  grateful  remembrance  to  Mr. 
Swift's  name.  Their  founder  was  a  man  bearing  about  with  liim  a  sublime 
purpose,  but  consciously  wanting  the  special  experience  that  would  have 
fitted  him  to  dispense  with  the  advice  of  others,  in  attempting  to  execute 
that  purpose,  ilis  })eculiar  goodness  and  good  sense  are  nowhere  dis- 
played more  noticeabl}'  than  in  the  selection  of  his  counsellors,  and  in  the 
faithfulness  with  which  he  guided  himself  by  their  sagacity.  Among  those 
whom  he  selected  to  lean  upon  no  one  was  more  frequently  called  to  his 
side,  no  one  was  more  ready  to  serve,  no  one  was  more  hopeful,  than  Mr. 
Swift.  The  marks  of  his  mind  are  impressed  upon  the  organization  of  this 
college.  His  time,  most  valuable  to  himself,  and  his  thinking,  clear, 
forcible,  far-reaching,  were  lavishly  exjjended  in  guarding  Mr.  Vassar's 
gift,  and  in  devising  ways  whereby  it  should  most  effectively  promote  the 
his/her  education  of  woman.' 

"The  death  of  Mr.  Swift  was  sudden,  though  sometime  previous  to  it 
the  fact  tliat  he  had  heart-disease  had  been  discovered  by  his  |)hysician. 
On  his  annoimcing  to  him  that  to  him  soon  'time  would  be  no  more,'  he 
resignedly  replied:  'I  expect  so,  and  I  expect  to  go  suddenly  when  I  go.' 
At  his  request  the  fact  was  concealed  even  from  his  family.  His  death 
occurred  at  his  farm,  a  short  distance  from  Poughkeepsie.  It  was  the 
twenty-sixth  anniversary  of  his  wedding-day,  and  he  had  been  enjoying 
his  usual  health,  and  in  good  spirits,  during  the  day.  In  the  aftei-noon, 
accompanied  by  his  wife,  he  rode  out  to  his  farm.     The  place  was  reached; 


MKMOKANHA. 


;i  iiKiiueut  afterwards   lie  stepped  from  his  carriage,  sank  instantly  down, 
and  expired. 

"With  words  from  a  letter  of  his  widoAV  to  the  writer,  he  closes  this 
brief  and  imperfect  sketch  of  the  career  and  character  of  Mr.  Swift:  'To 
you,  who  was  his  friend,  I  can  say  he  did  good  to  every  man  as  he  had 
opportunity.' " 

[Coramuii.  by  his  classmate  J.  A.  M.] 


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*TALCOTT,  ELEAZEB  POMEIIOY,  A.I5.  is^2. 

*1832.  Fwm  Coventry,  (Joi/ii. 

Eleazer  Ponieroy  Talcott,  only  cliild  of  William  'J'alcott  of  Coventry, 
Conn.,  and  his  wife  Polly  Pomeroy,  was  born  Dec.  12,  ISO'.I,  and  died 
Nov.  14,  lS.'i2 — the  first  one  of  the  Class  to  lie  marked  with  the  star.  "In 
infancy  he  sntfered  from  necrosis  of  the  thigh-bone,  wliich  made  him  a 
cripple  for  life,  l)nt,  notwithstandin;^'  tliis  great  infirmity,  and  its  accom- 
panying boilih'  ailments  and  weaknesses,  he  preserved  a,  most  amiable  and 
kindly  disposition,  and  was  greatly  esteemed  by  all  his  acqnaintances. 
His  filial  regard  was  especially  strong,  and  her  grief  at  his  death  cost  his 
mother  her  life.  The  cause  of  his  death  was  pulmonary  consumption, 
which  was  far  advanced  at  the  time  of  the  examination  for  degrees,  and 
had  involved  the  vocal  organs  to  such  an  extent  that  he  could  only  articu- 
late in  a  whisjier;  but  his  resolution  nerved  him  to  nndertake  the  trying- 
ordeal.  Professor  Olmsted  told  me,  afterwards,  that  to  see  his  emaciated 
form,  and  listen  to  his  replies,  whicli  tlie  poor  fellow  had  strength  liardly 
to  utter,  even  in  a  whisper,  was  to  himself  a  very  sad  and  melancholy 
experience." 

[Mostly  I'oniiiinn.  liy  a  fellow-townsinaii  ami  n>lativp.] 


in 


MEMORANDA. 


*TENNENT,  HENRY. 

*1847.  From  Seaford,  Bel. 

Henry  Tennent,  son  of  John  and  Sarah  Tennent,  was  born  near  Sea- 
ford,  Sussex  Co.,  Del,  Jnly  15,  1813.  Having-  left  Yale  in  IS.'^.O,  he 
finished  his  college-stndies  and  was  graduated  at  Rutgers ;  after  whicli  he 
studied  medicine  in  the  Medical  School  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  He  settled  himself 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Pine  Ridge  near  Natchez,  Miss.,  and 
resided  there  about  twelve  years.  In  184G  he  removed  to  Thibodaux,  on 
Bayou  La  Fourche,  La.,  and  there,  while  on  a  pleasure-excursion  to  the 
mouth  of  the  bayou,  and  loathing  in  the  surf,  he  was  drowned  Jmie  5th, 
1847.  He  was  much  beloved,  and  held  a  liigli  position  in  liis  j)rofessiou, 
and  his  death  caused  deep  regret  among  his  many  friends  in  Mississijipi 
and  Loiiisiana.     He  was  never  married. 

[Fr.  commuu.  by  a  sister  and  a  brotlier. — E.  K.  S.] 


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TENNEY,   WTLLIAM  JEWETT,  A.B.  1832. 

From  Wetliersjidd,  Conn. 
Present  address:  W.  J.  Tenney,  Es(1.,  Beauvoir,  Harrison  Co.,  Miss. 

To  iui  ;ip[)lic;;itiuu  tor  the  leading  facts  of  his  Hfe  Mr.  TKjiiuey  rephed 
only  by  the  words  "requieseat  in  pace,"  added  to  his  signature.  His 
near  friends  have  onh-  referred  us  to  a  dictionary  of  authors.  To  our 
regret,  therefore,  his  record  must  l)e  somewhat  conjectural. 

William  Jewett  'J'eniiey,  son  of  Rev.  Dr.  Caleb  Jewett  (l)artni.  Coll. 
1801)  and  Ruth  (Channing)  Tenney,  was  lioru  in  Newport,  R.  1.,  in  1811. 
He  was  present  at  a  meeting  of  the  ( -lass  in  1835,  when  he  reported  him- 
self as  a  student  of  medicine,  connected  with  the  medical  department  of  the 
Retreat  for  the  Insane  at  Hartford,  C*onn.  After  this  he  went  to  Western 
New  York,  and  commenced  the  study  of  law:  in  1840  he  was  understood 
to  be  settled  as  a  lawyer  in  Ohio.  For  several  years  past  he  has  been 
occupied  with  various  literary  works,  among  which  may  be  mentioned  "The 
Military  and  Naval  History  of  the  Rebellion  in  the  United  States,  etc.," 
published  at  New  York  in  18G5.  "He  completed  and  made  all  the  indexes 
to  Benton's  'Abridgment  of  the  Debates  of  Congress'  (left  unfinished  at 
Benton's  death);  edited  the  'Queens  of  England,'  illustrated,  1852,  and 
(Appleton's)  'American  Annual  Cyclopaedia;'  was  co-editor  of  the 
'Joiu-nal  of  Commerce'  (N.  York),  1841,  and  of  the  'New  York  Evening 
Post,'  1842-3,  1847-8;  and  editor  of  the  'Mining  Magazine'  (monthly) 
New  York,  1853,  etc.,  and  contributed  to  Hunt's  'Merchants'  ]\Iagazine.' " 
He  is  believed  to  have  been  a  confidential  adviser  of  the  publishing  house 
of   Messrs.    Apjdeton  &  Co.    of   New  York.       At   last    accounts,    he   was 


"engaged  with  ex-President  Davis." 


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He  iiuirried  Siirali,  (Uuiyliter  ot"  Mr.  Orestes  A.  ISiowiisoii  of  JJo.stoii, 
Mass.,  wlio  followed  her  father  into  the  Ivonuui  Catholic  coiiiiuuiiioii,  and 
whose  religious  faith  her  husband  also  adopted,  some  years  since.  Mrs. 
Tenney  died  in  1876. 

[Mostly  from  original  elass-reoords  aud  Allibone's  Critical  Dictionary,  etc.,  iii,  2371. — E.  E.  S.] 


280 


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TRACY,  CHARLES,  A.J}.  ls;;2. 

From  Whiteshoro  [Whitcstoum'],  N.  V. 

Present  address:  C.  Tracy,  Esq.,  New  ^Ork. 

Charles  Tracy,  son  of  William  Gedney  Tracy  of  Whltestown,  ( (iieida 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  ;ni(l  liis  wife  IvJiclu!],  ;i,  (laiiji-hter  of  Benj;iii:iii  Iliiiitiuytoii  (Y.  C. 
1 7(il)  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  \\;is  honi  ;it  Whitestowii,  Fcl).  17,  ISIO;  and 
on  the  30th  Anf^ust,  IS,'!?,  niarrie<l  Louisa,  daughter  of  Joseph  Kirklaiid 
(Y.  C.  171)0)  of  Utica,  N.  Y.,  wlio,  now,  with  six  survivoi-s  of  his  seven 
children,  and  ('hildren-indaw  aiul  grand-children,  makes  his  "life  in  its 
descent  towards  old  age  happy  and  liojieful."  He  was  admitted  as  an 
attorney  at  haw  in  IS^o,  and  as  counsellor  in  1S37.  His  earlier  profes- 
sional life  was  spent  in  Utica.  In  1<S4!)  he  went  to  New  York,  and  since 
then  he  has  continued  in  the  active  practice  of  his  profession  in  that  city. 
With  great  capacity  and  ability  for  work,  he  long  since  achieved  for  himself 
a  place  among  the  foremost  at  the  bar,  and  withal  has  ]\.e\)t  himself  well 
abreast  of  the  current  of  thought  and  the  development  of  the  times. 
Having  no  desire  or  opportunity  tor  political  preferment,  none  has  ever 
come  to  him,  although  his  public  spirit  and  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the 
country  have  never  been  deficient.  lie  has  led  the  life  of  an  earnest, 
faithful  man,  witli  a  full  share  of  the  cares  and  joys  of  such  a  life,  of  the 
well  merited  rewards  of  professional  labor,  and  of  the  esteem  and  honor  of 
his  cotemporaries.  "Of  one  virtue,"  he  himself  says,  "I  may  boast — that 
of  loyalty  to  Yale  College,  a  common  sentiment  of  her  sons;  and  I  believe 
in  its  mission  as  great,  and  in  its  administration  as  wise,  and  hope  I  shall 
never  flag  in  efforts  to  favor  both."     These  sentiments  of  loyalty  may  be 

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regarded  as  in  part  an  old  inheritance;  for  otlier  ancestors  of  Mr.  Tracy, 
of  earlier  periods  than  those  above  named,  were  also  graduates  of  Yale. 
For  several  years  Mr.  Tracy  has  been  the  president  of  the  New  York 
Association  of  Alumni  (jf  Yale.  He  says,  also,  respecting  himself:  "All 
my  life  long  I  have  had  to  smother  some  uprising  wishes  to  pursue  letters 
and  science,  and  been  forced  to  content  myself  with  the  smattering  which 
comes  from  occasional  and  rapid  dashes  at  those  glittering  and  attractive 
subjects,  which  can  be  taken  in  fully,  and  enjoyed  heartily,  only  by  such 
as  may  devote  themselves  to  them.  Still  the  law  does  involve  almost  every 
thing  pertaining  to  man  and  his  development;  and  my  duties  as  counsel 
have  not  wholly  failed  to  require  (or  allow)  a  peej)  into  Aristophanes, 
Quintilian,  Pliny,  and  Cicero,  as  well  as  at  modern  science  and  the  arts." 

[Mostly  comnmii.  liy  a  son,  Mar.,  1879,  as  suppl.  to  notes  liy  himself.] 


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VAN  BERGEN,  PETEB.  ANTHONY,  A.M.   187'J. 

From  Coxsackie,  N.  Y. 
Present  address:  P.  A.  Van  Bergen,  Esq.,  Flusliing  (L.  I.),  N.  Y. 

"Peter  Anthony  Van  Berg-en  was  born  at  Coxsackie,  Greene  Co.,  N.  Y., 
Jan.  12th,  1812,  iind  was  tlie  third  chihl  of  Anthony  Van  Bergen  of  Cox- 
sackie, wlio  married  Clariue  Peck  of  Lyme,  Conn.,  Apr.  19,  1806,  wliile  a 
student  at  law.  Anthony  Van  Bergen  being  an  only  cliild,  and  his  father 
deceased,  he  at  once  turned  his  attention  to  agricultural  pursuits,  and 
continued  it  through  life;  in  the  course  of  which  he  became  Judge  of 
his  county  of  Greene,  member  of  Assembly  and  president  of  the  State 
Agricultural  Society  of  New  York.  He  died  at  Coxsackie,  Dec.  27,  1859, 
aged  seventy-three  years;  and  his  widow  died  at  Coxsackie,  Oct.  30,  1872, 
at  the  age  of  eighty-seven.  The  parents  of  Anthony  Van  Bergen  were 
Peter  A.  Van  Bergen  and  Esther  Houghtaling  his  wife,  of  Coxsackie,  of 
whom  the  former  died  Aug.  30,  1804,  while  State  Senator,  leaving-  his  son 
in  Williams  College.  Peter  A.  Van  Bergen  was  the  eldest  son  of  Col. 
Anthony  Van  Bergen  of  Coxsackie,  who  was  born  iit  Coxsackie,  Nov.  1, 
1729,  and  married  Maria  Salisbury  in  1761.  Col.  Anthony  Van  Bergen 
was  the  second  s(jn  of  Petrus  Van  Bergen  of  Coxsackie,  who  married 
Christina  Costar  of  Albany,  Nov.  7,  1724.  Peti-us  Van  Bergen  was  the 
third  son  of  Martin  Garretson  Van  Bergen,  who  emigrated  from  Holland  to 
Albany  in  the  year  1630,  and  married  Neeltje  ]\Ieynderts.  This  progenitor 
of  the  American  family  was  for  a  long  time  a  prominent  man  in  Rensselaer- 
wick,  and  in  our  colonial  aflairs.     He  died  at  or  near  Albany,  near  the 

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close  of  the  seventeenth  century,  possessed  of  Uirge  estates  at  Albany, 
Catskill  and  Coxsackie. 

"Peter  Anthony  Van  Bergen,  whose  lineage  has  been  thns  briefly 
traced,  after  an  academic  course  of  study  at  an  academy  in  Greenville, 
Greene  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  elsewhere,  entered  the  Freshman  Class  in  Yale 
College  in  1828,  left  Yale  in  August,  1830,  was  soon  thereafter  admitted 
into  Rutgers  College,  N.  J.,  and  received  from  that  institution  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1832.  A  short  time  after  leaving  college  he  entered 
the  law-oftice  of  Powers  &  Day  of  Catskill,  N.  Y.,  and  continued  there 
until  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1836.  In  the  year  1S37  he  commenced  the 
])ractice  of  law  in  Kingston,  Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  partnership  with  the  late 
John  Romeyn  Brodhead,  the  historian.  In  1841  he  was  induced  by  a 
prominent  lawyer  of  New  York  to  enter  into  partnership  with  him  in  the 
practice  of  law  in  that  city. 

"On  the  2Uth  of  June.  1849,  he  married  Lucy  A.  Smart,  daughter  of 
William  Smart  and  Elizabeth  Franklin  his  wife  (both  now  deceased),  of 
Flushing,  L.  I.  From  that  time  he  has  made  Flushing  his  place  of  resi- 
dence, continuing  the  practice  of  law  In  New  York.  His  family  consists 
of  his  wife  and  an  only  daughter,  Elizabeth  Franklin  Van  Bergen,  born  a 
number  of  years  after  his  marriage. 

"He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church  of  Flushing.  In  October, 
18{)6,  he  was  oifered  and  accepted  a  position  in  the  New  York  Custom 
House,  which  he  held  until  July,  1877.  Since  his  retirement  from  that 
position  his  profession  has  occupied  part  of  his  time." 

[Coiiiiiimi.  by  himself,  Sept..  1880.] 


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*WALLACE,  JAMES  WILSON. 

*1862.  From  Philadelphia,  Fa. 

James  Wilson  Wallace,  son  of  William  and  Ann  (Newkirk)  Wallace, 
was  born  in  Pliiladelpliia,  May  18,  1811.  He  was  named  after  the 
eminent  Rev.  James  Wilson,  D.I).,  pastor  of  the  First  l*resbyteri;in  (^hnrch, 
of  which  his  mother  A\as  a  mendjer.  He  was  fitted  for  college  in  his 
native  city.  After  leaving-  Yale,  in  his  Freshman-year,  he  attended  the 
Law  School  of  Jndge  Gould  in  Litchfield,  Conn.,  for  about  a  year  and  a 
half,  and  then  entered  the  office  of  Hon.  George  M.  Dallas  in  Philadelphia, 
and  Avas  admitted  to  tlie  bar  May  24,  1833.  He  married,  in  1842, 
Elizabeth  Lloffman  of  l*hiladel])hia,  and  liad  four  children,  of  whom  a  son 
and  a  daughter  are  now  li\ing.  For  several  years,  after  l.S3(),  he  was 
secretary  of  the  Phila.,  Wilm.  and  Bait.  R.  R.  Co.,  of  wlilcli  liis  uncle 
Matthew  Newkirk,  Esq.,  was  the  president.  He  also  liad  a  law-office.  He 
purchased  a  tract  of  land  near  the  junction  of  the  Raucocas  Creek  with  the 
Delaware,  and  originated  the  village  of  Delanco,  on  the  Camden  and 
Amboy  railroad,  and  g?„ve  it  its  name.  He  died  in  Philadelphia,  Aug.  27, 
18G2. 

[Commun.  by  his  classmate  8.  C.  B.,  Feb.,  1879.] 


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WALLIS,  JOHN  SPENCER,  A.P>.  1832. 

Frotn  SalcDi,  Mass. 
Present  address :  Mr.  J.  S.  Wallis,  Bolton,  Mass. 

"John  Spencer  Wallis,  son  of  John  iiiid  Susan  (Parker)  Wallis,  was 
born  in  Daiivors  (now  Peabody),  Mass.,  on  the  5th  of"  Febrnary,  ISll. 
His  fatlier  was  a  blacksmith.  Tie  was  a  pupil  at  tlie  grammar-schools  of 
Boston  and  Salem  from  his  tenth  to  his  fourteenth  year.  He  was  then  fitted 
for  college  at  the  Salem  Latin  Grammar  School,  under  the  instruction  of 
Theodore  Eames,  Esq.  (Y.  C.  1809),  and  of  Gen.  Henry  K.  Oliver  (Dartm. 
Coll.  1816),  for  the  past  three  years  mayor  of  Salem;  a,nd  entered  college 
in  1828.  On  the  20th  of  June,  1840,  he  married  Siisan  Jane  Benton  of 
Berkshire  Co.,  Mass.  Since  graduation  he  has  taught  school,  for  about 
ten  years,  in  different  towns  and  States;  has  been  a  trader  in  a  counti-y- 
store  for  about  eight  years;  and  a  farmer  for  about  twenty-five  years;  and 
he  and  his  wife  liave  lived,  the  remainder  of  the  time,  with  his  only  child,  a 
daiighter,  and  her  husband,  and  four  grandchildren.  He  had  a  son  Ijorn 
in  1843,  who  died  in  1847.  He  has  been  blessed,  during  these  years,  witli 
perhaps  as  large  a  share  of  peace,  poverty  and  good  health  as  is  the  lot  of 
most  mortals." 

[Ciinumiii.  Iiy  himselt,  Mar,,  1S79.| 


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MEMORANDA. 


WARNER,  ISAAC  WELTON,  A.B.  1832. 

From  Plymouth,  Conn. 
Present  address :  Rev.  T.  W.  Warner,  Brooklyn  (E.  D.),  N.  Y. 

"I  am  the  son  of  Lyman  and  Annis  Warner,  born  on  tlie  8th  of 
February,  1806,  at  Plymouth,  Conn.  Was  married  to  Emily  H.  Jones  of 
Hunting-ton,  Conn.,  in  1842;  and  again,  to  Jane  Ann  Sutphin  of  New 
Brunswick,  N.  J.,  in  18G().  Was  iirst  licensed  by  the  Litchfield  South 
Association,  and  again  by  the  South  (Jlassis  of  New  York  City  of  the 
Reformed  Church.  I  am  occuiued  with  teaching,  or  with  a  Bible-distribu- 
ting agency  for  the  Brooklyn  City  Bible  Society." 

[Letter  by  himself,  Aug.,  1878.] 


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WHARTON,   WILLIAM  CBAIG,  A.M.  1879. 

From.  Philadelpliia,  Pa. 
Present  address :  W.  C.  Wharton,  Esq.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Tlie    follo'\\'ing'    note    is    all    we    have    been    able    to    draw   from   Mr. 
Wharton: 

"Boston,  127  Beacon  St.,  Dec.  17,  1878. 
"Dkar  Sir — I  did  receive  your  letter  of  Nov.  27th  ult.,  bnt  cannot 
persuade  myself  to  answer  its  requirements.  ...  I  have  done  otherwise: 
busy  without  usefulness,  occupied  without  progress,  I  remember  no  life- 
work  suitable  for  such  a  record  as  you  propose,  for  use  and  the  informa- 
tion of  others  interested.     Therefore  the  less  the  future  of  this  world  shall 

know  of  me  the  better 

I  remain,  dear  sir,  very  cordially  yours, 

Wm.   Ceaig  Whaeton.'' 


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*  WI N  G ,  UA  LSE )  ■  /.'  0  aERS. 

*1870.  From  Fort  Fdicard,  N.  Y. 

Halsey  Rogers  Wing,  eldest  son  of  Daniel  and  Klioda  A.  (Stewart) 
Wing,  was  born  at  Sandy  Hill,  N.  Y.,  on  the  9tli  Jul}-,  180!).  When  he 
was  about  five  years  old  his  father  removed  to  Fort  P^dward.  He  was  a 
great  grandson  of  Al)rahani  AA'ing,  who  in  17(12  l)ecanie  1)\'  purchase  one 
of  the  largest  y)ropriet()rs  in  a,  large  j)atent  of  land  then  ixn^eutly  granted 
under  the  title  of  the  township  of  Queensbury;  and  the  elegant  residence 
of  the  subject  of  this  notice  overlooked  the  broad  domain  of  his  ancestor, 
and  Avas  but  a  few  rods  distant  from  the  original  site  of  his  pioneer-cabin. 
At  Fort  Edward  he  acquired  the  rudiments  of  a  common-school  education. 
In  1S25  he  was  sent  to  the  Lenox  Academy  in  Berkshire  Co.,  Mass.,  where 
he  remained  three  years,  perfecting  himself  in  his  coiirse  of  study  ])repara- 
toiy  to  entering  college.  Froiu  Lenox  he  proceeded  to  Yale  College, 
where  he  was  matriculated,  and  remained  a  short  time,  transferring  his 
studies,  then,  to  Middlebiiry,  Vt,  where  he  entered  in  advance,  and  was 
gi'aduated,  with  the  highest  honors  of  his  class,  in  1832.  Even  in  his 
schoolboy-  and  college-life,  it  is  said  by  those  who  knew  him  best,  he  was 
kind  and  considerate  of  the  feelings  of  others,  gentlemanly  and  courteous  in 
his  deportment,  exacting  and  commanding  respect  and  deference.  Soon 
after  leaving  college  he  entered  the  law-office  of  Judge  Samuel  Cheever  of 
Albany,  and  in  Oct.,  1834,  he  was  admitted  to  practice  as  an  attorney. 
In  the  following  December  he  received  his  license  as  solicitor  in  Chancerv, 
and  soon  after  went  to  Brockport,  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  entered  into  a 
legal  partnership  with  E.  B.  Holmes.     From  there  he  removed  to  liutfalo, 

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MKMOKANJM. 

entering-  into  a  law-partiiorsliip  witli  Hon.  F.  P.  Stevens.  On  tlio  31st 
Aug.,  IS.'Jf),  he  miirried  Harriet  N.,  sister  of  tlie  Hon.  E.  P.  Walton  of 
Montpelier,  Vt.  (Jf  this  union  it  is  not  improper  to  say  that  it  was  one  of 
most  perfect  accord  and  harmony,  "^llie  chivalrous  and  devoted  respect 
with  which  he  a.hvays  regarded  the  gentler  sex  found  its  point  of  rest  in 
his  wife,  whom  he  reverenced  and  loved  with  a  devotion  which  few  have 
equalled  and  none  have  excelled.  Through  all  his  life  he  seems  to  have 
made  it  a  special  study  to  spare  tliose  he  loved  from  all  care,  trouble, 
anxiety,  or  ap])rehension.  His  friendships  were  sincei'e  and  lasting,  and 
beneath  a  bluff"  and  somewhat  reserved  demeanor  he  earned  as  kind  a 
heart,  and  a  soul  as  full  of  tender  emotion,  as  ever  animated  a  human 
being. 

In  1841  he  removed  to  Glen's  Falls,  N.  Y.,  and  the  same  year  was 
admitted  to  the  rank  of  counsellor  in  the  Supreme  Court,  and  the  follow- 
ing year  to  that  of  counsellor  in  C'liancery.  In  1842  he  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  the  United  States  District  Court  of  Northern  New  York,  and 
also  in  the  U.  S.  Circuit  Court.  In  1843-4  he  became  County  Superin- 
tendent of  Common  Schools.  In  1845  he  succeeded  to  the  position  of 
First  Judge  of  the  County.  In  all  these  and  other  relations  he  invariably 
fulfilled  the  trusts,  and  discharged  the  duties,  belonging  to  them  with 
fidelity  and  conscientious  thorouo-hness.  From  1851  to  1854  he  withdrew 
temporarily  from  the  practice  of  law^,  to  engage  in  a  business-enterprise 
bv  which  he  amassed  a  large  fortune. 

Mr.  Wing  was  an  ardent  politician,  earnest,  energetic,  and  thorough- 
going; an  ardent  and  faithful  laborer  in  the  cause  of  tempei'ance;  a  ready 
promoter  and  advocate  of  the  interests  of  education;  and  in  all  public 
matters  connected  with  education  or  morality  an  earnest  and  zealous 
worker.  He  was  a  regular  attendant  upon  the  ministi'ations  of  the  Presby- 
terian church  in  the  place  of  his  residence,  and  acted  as  one  of  its  trustees. 
With  the  outbreak  of  the  Rebellion  he  immediately  became  identified 
with  the  war-movement,  earnestly  and  faithfully  laboring  to  fm-ther  the 
interests  of  the  Union,  and  he  left  behind  him  a  proud  record  of  munifi- 
cence, self-sacrifice  and  heroic  devotion  to  his  country.     He  gave  two  sons 

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to  the  cause,  one  of"  whom  tell  in  tlu;  iiglit  near  Drewiy's  IJlufF  in  \'ir<^-inia, 
in  1864.  He  died  on  the  26th  Jan.,  1870,  leaving  a  widow  and  four 
children. 

[Alir.  from  an  ohitunry  conimun.  by  his  widow. — K.  JO.  S.] 


205 


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WINTHRUP,   CHAIiLES  AIlCHIJJALl),  A.M.   l.ST'i. 

From  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Present  address  :  C.  A.  Winthrop,  Esq.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Charles  Archibald  Winthrop,  son  of  Francis  Bayard  (Y.  C.  1804) 
and  Julia  Ann  (Rogers)  Winthrop  of  New  York  [a  lineal  descendant  of 
Gov.  Winthrop  of  the  old  Bay  Colony,  throujih  liis  son  John  Winthrop,  Jr, 
colonial  Governor  of  Connecticnt],  was  born  in  New  York,  Jan.  25,  1S1;3. 
He  left  Yale  in  ISoO;  married  in  1844  Jeannette  Bradley  of  New  Haven, 
Conn. ;  and  for  several  years  after  1845  was  engaged  in  agriculture  in 
the  town  of  Tioga,  Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y^  ;  in  1848  he  married  Mary  Boyer 
of  Caroline,  Tompkins  Co.,  N.  Y.  From  about  1860  to  1869  he  resided  in 
Owego,  N.  Y.  On  the  1st  Sept.,  186!:l,  he  removed  to  Cambridge,  Mass., 
on  account  of  his  present  wife's  health,  who  was  Mary  Codman  Gray,  of 
Boston,  Mass.,  whom  he  married  Dec.  14th,  1854. 

[Letters  by  himself,  Nov.,  1878,  aud  Sept.,  1880.] 


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MEMORANDA. 


*WRIGHT,  JAMES  LOCK  WOOD,  A.  15.  1S?,2. 

4871.  From  Glastonhnrij,  ('oiiii. 


*i 


Jauie.s  Lockwood  Wriii'lit,  son  of  Joseph  (Y.  0.  i8U4)  and  Sarah 
(Lockwood)  Wri,n-]it,  was  born  in  Glastonbury,  Conn.,  May  12,  1810.  His 
mother  was  a  daughter  of  Rev.  William  Lockwood  (Y.  C.  1774),  a 
chaplain  in  the  army  of  the  Revolution,  and  subsequently  pastor  of  the 
Congregational  church  at  Milford,  Conn.,  and  at  Glastonbury.  From  the 
blended  influence  of  piety  and  culture,  combined  in  the  home  of  his 
childhood,  the  son  received  tlie  impressions  which  gave  direction  to  his 
lionored  and  useful  life  Me  began  his  j)reparatory  studies  with  Rev.  Dr. 
Joab  Brace  of  Newington,  Conn.,  father  of  one  of  his  college-classmates, 
and  there  became  a  professed  Christian.  He  finished  his  preparation  for 
college  at  the  Hartford  Grannnar  School,  under  the  instruction  of  the  since 
widely  known  Professor  E.  P.  Barrows.  Entering  the  Theological  Depart- 
ment of  Y'ale  College,  iunnediately  after  his  graduation  in  1832,  he 
completed  the  course  of  three  years  in  1835,  and  was  licensed  to  })reach. 
He  was  ordained  by  the  Hartford  South  Association  in  18;59;  but,  partly  on 
account  of  the  state  of  his  health,  declined  invitations  to  settle,  and  devoted 
himself,  for  several  years,  to  teaching,  still,  however,  preaching  from  time 
to  time,  and  maintaining  a  lively  and  growing  interest  in  theological 
studies.  His  first  settlement  was  at  Burlington,  Coini.,  from  184!l  to  1854. 
In  1855  he  was  called  to  the  church  in  Haddam,  Conn.  Here,  where 
J(»hn  Marsh,  David  D.  Field,  and  others  less  widely  known,  had  discharged 
the  duties  of  their  great  connnission  as  ministers  of  the  gospel — here, 
where  John  and  David  Brainerd  were  born,  and  others  who  have  gone  out 


299 


MKMOKANDA. 

to  wide  ;iiiii  liuiini-cd  liclds  of  usct'tilness,  Mr.  Wi-iiilit  toiled  willi  uiiMssuni- 
iiiL;-  tidclitx'  till  liis  dcatli.  Mis  relation  to  lii.s  cliundi  was  one  ot  iniitiial 
confidence  and  aH'ection,  increasing)-  to  the  en<l.  In  all  jilaces  he  was  the 
minister,  in  all  places  lie  was  the  gentle,  syni))athizin<i',  kind,  tnistfnl  and 
trusted  Cliristian  man.  He  was  an  lionest,  earnest,  independent  thinker. 
In  accordance  witii  a  saying  of  his  lioiiored  instructor  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Nathaniel  W.  Ta)'loi-:  -'Pin  your  faith  on  any  man's  sleeve,  and  I  would 
not  give  a  i)in  for  it,"  he  made  the  Scriptures,  interpreted  by  an  honest 
heart  and  connnon  sense,  the  foundation  of  the  o2)inions  which  he  cheri.shed 
and  preached,  ^yhile  he  was  attracted  to  various  fields  of  knowledge, 
mental  science  was,  next  to  theology,  his  favorite.  Of  the  cause  of  tem- 
perance he  was  an  unwearied  advocate;  of  education,  a  devoted  jtatron 
and  friend.  Thi'ough  the  years  of  trial  to  the  I'nion  he  was  a  steadfast 
patriot,  giving  to  the  country,  with  his  prayers,  the  life  of  a  son. 

He  was  married.  May  30,  1838,  to  Miss  Lucy  A.  North,  daughter  of 
James  North,  Esq.,  of  Middletown,  Conn.,  a  brother  of  Rev.  Dr.  Simeon 
North,  ex-president  of  Hamilton  College;  and  ;it  his  death,  Jan.  IS,  1871, 
left  a  widf)W  and  three  children,  one.daughtei'  and  \\vo  sons. 

[Alu'.  from  lu  Momoriain  Rev.  .J.  L.  Wiight. — E.  K.  S.J 


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*WK1({JIT,  'JOSHUA  BUTLEIL 

*1877.  From  New  York. 

"The  late  Joshua  Pmtler  Wri,i>lit  ^vas  born  in  lloine,  N.  Y.,  oi:  the  Htli 
of  March,  1812,  the  fittli  sou  of  Benjauiiii  Wright  and  Philouiehi,  his  w  ife, 
daugliter  of  the  Rev.  Simon  Waterman  of  Connecticut.  Benjamin  Wriglit 
was  born  in  Wethersfiekl,  Conn.,  Oct.  10th,  1770,  son  of  Ebenezer  Wright, 
also  born  in  Wethersfiekl,  an  officer  of  the  Continental  Line  during  the 
war  of  the  American  Revolution.  The  father  of  the  latter,  also  of  Wethers- 
iield,  was  Rev.  Ebenezer  Wright,  a  graduate  of  Yale  College  in  1724, 
and  a  settled  jjreacher  of  the  gospel  in  Stamford,  Conn.  The  Rev. 
Ebenezer  Wright  was  descended  from  Thomas  Wright,  third  son  and 
sixth  child  of  John  Wright  of  Brook  Hall  in  the  parish  of  Soutk  Weald, 
comity  of  Essex,  England,  ^^ho  died  May  13,  1640.  Thomas  Wright 
emigrated  to  America,  and  was  a  Deputy  to  the  General  Coui't  from 
Wethersfiekl  in  1643,  and  there  died  in  April,  1670.  .  .  . 

"Benjamin  Wright,  the  father  of  J.  B.  Wright,  was  a  mnn  distiuguislied 
for  his  talent  and  skill  in  the  line  of  his  profession,  that  of  surveyor  and 
civil  engineer,  and  for  his  services  as  chief  engineer  of  many  important 
public  works.  Witli  the  New  York  and  Erie  Canal  he  was  especially 
identified.  During  its  construction  he  was  chief  engineer,  and  the  able 
assistant  of  its  jirojector  and  constant  friend  DeWitt  Clinton;  and  the  name 
of  Benjamin  Wright,  like  that  of  Clinton,  will  be  long-lived  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Imilding  of  that  great  pioneer-work  of  internal  improvement 
in  this  country.  About  the  time  of  its  completion  he  removed  from 
Oneida  Co.  to  the  city  of  New  York,  where  he  continued  to  reside  during 

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MEMORANDA. 

the  rest  of  his  long  and  useful  life;.     Hi;  died  Au;^'.  2(j,  184"_'.     The  writer 
of  this  well  remembers  his  venerable  figure  and  intellectual  countenance. 

"Joshua  Butler  Wright  joined  the  Freshman  Class  of  Yale  College  in 
1828,  left  Yale  in  1830,  was  admitted  to  the  Junior  (Jlass  of  Rutgers  Col- 
lege, and  was  there  graduated  in  18.'52.  He  studied  law  in  the  city  of 
New  York,  in  the  ofiice  of  Timothy  R.  Green,  a  learned  and  much 
esteemed  lawyer  of  that  day,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  the  January- 
term  of  the  Supreme  Coiirt  in  the  year  1836.  He  soon  became  occupied 
with  a  successful  practice  of  law  in  the  city  of  New  York,  and  in  1850  was 
mari'ied  to  Louisa  Bradford,  second  daughter  of  the  late  11.  D.  Bradford 
of  New  York.  During  the  last  seventeen  years  of  his  life  Mr.  Wright 
chiefly  resided  at  his  country-place  near  Scarborough  on  the  Hudson.  In 
his  pleasant  home  he  loved  to  pass  his  time,  though  not  because  he  wished 
to  be  considered,  or  ever  was,  wholly  a  man  of  leisure;  for  he  was  always 
industrious,  and  always  usefully  employed.  He  was  a  man  of  business; 
aiid,  though  retired  from  the  general  practice  of  his  })rofession  of  the  law, 
his  private  affairs  received  from  him  a  careful  attention,  and  the  constant 
supervision  of  them  occupied  largely  his  time  and  thoughts. 

"  'His  life  was  an  instance,  unfortunately  too  rare,  of  harmony  between 
wealth  and  its  possessor.  .  .  .  The  adornments  of  his  home  were  the  out- 
come of  a  refined  taste,  not  the  prodigal  display  of  a  spendthrift.  The 
neighbors  watched  from  year  to  year  the  development  of  his  plans,  not  as 
of  one  wrapt  in  isolated  selfishness,  but  as  of  one  of  themselves.  .  .  .  The 
gates  of  his  beautiful  grounds  were  as  wide  open  in  his  living-days  as  they 
were  on  the  dav  of  his  funeral.  ...  His  gifts  were  like  those  hidden 
springs  which,  without  being  revealed,  enrich  and  beautify  the  earth.  .  .  . 
He  rejoiced  in  everv  opportunity  of  good  citizenship.  .  .  .  To  a  naturally 
fine  character  was  added  that  which  completed  the  man,  the  lustre  of  a 
religiotis  life.  So  unostentatious  was  his  piety  that  one  would  need  to 
know  him  well  to  realize  the  fact,  in  his  case,  that  "the  secret  of  the  Lord 
is  with  them  that  fear  Ilim."  '  .  .  . 

"In  early  life  he  was  a  model  of  physical  comeliness  in  form  and 
feature;  and  even  afterwards  he  continued  to  have   a  personal  presence 

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wliicli  won  vcspcft,  and  tciidcd  to  excite  the  esteem  of  tlie  liijj;li-iiiiii(led  and 
the  good.  Robust  in  t'oriu,  and  with  a  natural  vigor  of  constitution  wliich 
seemed  to  defy  disease — apparently  never  ill — it  was  his  fate  to  be  stricken 
with  a  malady  treacherous,  paiiifu!,  lingering  and  incni-ablc.  All  those 
cherished  objects  which  often  render  this  present  life  so  pleasant  and  so 
useful,  and  of  which  he  had  a  store  more  tlian  ample,  wei-c  to  be  left 
behind.  But  with  maid\-  resignation  he  submitted  to  the  blow,  witli 
patient  fortitude  he  endured  the  suffering  and  pains  of  long  continued 
bodily  sickness,  and  witli  ( 'In-istian  taith  and  hope  he  quietly  died.  His 
death  occurred  at  Scarborougli,  on  the  30tli  Oct.,  1877.  His  wife  and  two 
sons,  Louis  Bogort  Wright  and  Albert  Markoe  Wright,  survived  him. 

"He  was  a  man  of  supei'ior  intelligence,  prudent,  cautious  and  accurate 
in  the  transaction  of  his  business;  his  opinions  of  men  and  things  were 
always  decided.  Not  hasty  in  the  forming  of  an  oi)inion,  he  carefully  and 
cautiously  expressed  it,  when  formed,  and  his  judgment  on  any  subject  he 
considered  was  sound  and  reliable.  Though  to  him  'the  post  of  honor  was 
the  private  station,'  his  cultivated  intellect  and  great  executive  ability 
well  fitted  him  for  elevated  ofKce  and  position;  indeed,  he  was  the 
kind  of  man  the  public  life  of  the  country  needs,  but  does  not  always 
obtain. 

"Mr.  Wright  and  the  writer  of  this  sketch  of  his  life  were  classmates  at 
Yale,  and  also  at  Rutgers  College.  They  commenced  the  practice  of  law 
in  New  York  together,  being  friendly  associates  in  the  same  office,  in  the 
transaction  of  their  separate  affairs;  and  for  more  than  forty  years  the 
writer  had  his  place  of  business  in  connection  with  this  friend  and  com- 
panion of  early  days.  He  thinks,  therefore,  that  he  may  truly  say  he 
knew  him  well." 

[i^'ommim.  by  his  classmate  J.  A.  M.,  Jan.,  1879,  inchuling  an  extract  from  an  obituary  commun,  by  a  son.] 


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MEMORANDA. 


WURT8,  EDWAItl),  A. I!.  ls;j2. 

Front  Louisville,  Ky. 
Present  address:  Rev.  E.  Wukts,  I'liiladeliiliia,  Pa. 

"Edward  Wurts,  sou  of  Daniel  and  Phebe  (Wade)  Wuvts,  was  l)orn  in 
the  city  of  New  York,  in  Ang.,  1810.  At  the  age  of  seven  }-ears  lie  was 
removed  to  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  there  prepared  for  (-(dlege  under  the 
instruction  of  F.  E.  Goddard.  He  entered  the  Class  of  IS.'!!,  in  the  third 
term  of  Freshman-year,  iuid  continued  a  member  of  it  until  tlie  Junior- 
year;  then,  disabled  by  sickness,  was  out  of  college  for  nearly  a  year; 
after  which  he  joined  the  Class  of  1832  in  its  Senior-year.  After  gradua- 
tion, he  was,  for  about  five  years,  engaged  in  mercantile  and  banking 
business  at  Louisville.  In  the  winter  of  1838-39  he  entered  the  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  but,  from  ill  health,  withdrew  after  a 
few  mouths.  In  1843,  the  interval  having  been  again  partially  occupied 
with  business,  he  returned  to  Princeton,  and  after  a  full  course  of  study 
was  graduated  in  1846;  and  in  May,  1847,  he  was  licensed  to  preach.  For 
about  three  years  thereafter  he  was  unemployed,  and  in  pursuit  of  liealth. 
In  1850  he  went  to  Louisiana,  as  preacher  to  the  colored  people.  In 
the  fall  of  1851  he  was  called  to  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Rodney, 
Miss.,  and  was  ordained  and  installed  as  its  pastor  in  the  spring  of 
1852.  For  ten  years  he  preached  continuously  in  the  States  of  Mississippi 
and  Louisiana,  his  last  charge  in  that  region  being  one  of  four  years' 
continuance  at  Lake  Providence,  La.  In  the  fall  of  1859  he  was  called 
to  the  Portland  Avenue  Presbyterian  Church  at  Louisville,  Kj^,  where  he 
remained  about  six  years.     He  resigned  this  charge  in  July,  1865,  with 

2p  305 


MEMORANDA. 

health  seriously  hnpaired,  and  spent  the  following  winter  and  spring-  in 
Florida.  During  the  next  three  winter-seasons,  or  until  the  spring  of 
1869,  he  had  temporary  charge  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Palatka,  Fla. 
Since  this  period  he  has  resided  in  Pliiladelphia,  Pa.,  nominally  'on  the 
retired  list,'  preaching  occasionally,  hut  latterly  with  less  and  less 
frequenc)-,  owing  to  advanced  age  and  inci-easing  infirmity." 

[Commun.  by  himself,  Oct.,  1879.] 


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APPENDIX. 

ABSTRACT  OF  RECORDS  OF  MEETINGS  OF  THE  CLASS  OF  1882. 

"August  15,  1832. 

"  At  a  meeting  of  tlie  Class,  held  on  the  evening  of  the  first  Commencement  of 
the  Class,  the  bully  Mr.  E.  Lyman  in  the  chair,  on  motion  it  was  resolved  : 

"  That  it  is  expedient  tliat  a  Secretary  be  appointed  to  gather  information  with 
regard  to  the  well-being,  and  tlie  different  pursuits  in  life,  of  the  several  members  of 
the  Class ; 

"  That  it  be  considered  the  duty,  and  this  meeting  particularly  request,  of  the 
several  members  of  the  Class,  as  often  as  once  in  ten  yeai-s,  and  at  any  rate  as  often 
as  once  before  every  general  meeting  of  the  f -lass,  to  send  a  letter  to  the  Secretaiy 
for  the  time  lieing  of  the  Class,  stating  such  matters  and  circumstances  with  regai-d 
to  his  success  in  life  as  he  thinks  will  be  interesting  to  his  friends,  and  proper  to  be 
placed  on  file ; 

"  That  Mr.  George  T.  Kingslcy  be  ap]3ointed  Secretary  and  general  agent  of  tlie 
Class ; 

"  That  this  meeting  now  adjourn,  to  re-assemble  at  New  Haven  in  August,  1835, 
at  such  time  and  place  as  shall  be  provided  by  the  Secretary. 

"  A  true  record, 

Attest,  GEO.  T.  KINGSLEY,  Sec^ 


"  According  to  public  notice,  there  was  a  general  meeting  of  the  Class  on  the  day 
before  Commencement,  at  which  it  was  resolved  : 

"  Tliat  the  Class  of  1832  do  meet  at  the  Pavilion  Hotel  to-morrow  evening,  when, 
after  a  literary  symposium,  the  objects  of  our  assembling  may  be  attended  to  with 
proper  decorum. 

"  August,  1835. 

"  A  true  record. 

Attest,  GEO.  T.  KINGSLEY,  Sec.  Clnss  1832." 

A  1 


AIM'KNUIX. 

"  In  ])ur8uance  of  the  vote  of  yesterday,  at  eight  o'clock  on  (Commencement 
evening  Mr.  AUis  of  the  Pavilion  j^rovided  a  Kuniptuous  repast,  consisting  of  fisli, 
flesh  and  fowl,  of  the  greatest  delicacy  and  in  the  greatest  profusion.  The  feast  was 
flanked  by  an  abundant  siippl}'  of  excellent  coffee,  while  the  rear  was  closed  Ijy  some 
of  his  well  known  pale  sherry,  and  last,  though  not  least  important,  some  sparkling 
champagne.  In  the  course  of  the  evening  many  toasts  were  elicited,  as  sparkling  as 
tlie  wine  in  which  they  were  drowned.  Some  flne  singing,  in  which  Mr.  Brown 
displayed  himself  to  miich  advantage,  contributed  to  the  entertainment  of  the  even- 
ing ;  nor  must  our  friend  Abner  Neal's  song  '  By  the  light  of  the  moon '  be  forgotten. 

"  The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  the  Secretary,  who  escorted  the  bully  Mr. 
E.  Lyman  t()  the  chair  at  the  head  of  the  table.  On  motion,  Mr.  A.  Neal  was 
appointed  vice-president,  and  took  his  scat  ;it  the  foot.  After  grace  had  been 
pronounced  by  the  bully,  the  gentlemen  fell  to  with  an  appetite  which  did  ample 
credit  to  Mr.  AUis'  excellent  fare. 

"  The  following  gentlemen  were  present  at  the  supper :  Brace,  Brown,  Cleveland, 
E.  Colton,  J.  O.  Colton,  DeForest,  Dickson,  Dunning,  Foote,  Kingsley,  Ljinan, 
Neal,  Noble,  Salisbury,  Sejmiour,  Speriy,  C.  Stone,  Tenney,  Tracy,  Wurts. 

"  The  meeting  broke  up  in  good  order  Ijetween  twelve  and  one  o'clock,  after 
passing  the  following  resolutions: 

"  That  the  Class  of  1832  do  meet  at  New  Haven  on  the  Tuesday  before  the 
Commencement  of  1840,  at  such  time  and  place  as  shall  be  provided  by  the  Secretary ; 

'■  That  the  present  Secretary  be  requested  to  retain  his  oflice  until  that  time." 

[G.  T.  KINGSLEY.] 


"Class  of  1832.     Second  Adjourned  Meeting,  Aug.  19,  1840. 

"After  dining  together  in  commons,  the  Cla.ss  adjourned  to  the  Theological 
Chamber.  E.  Lyman  took  the  chair,  and  H.  A.  DeForest  was  appointed  monitor 
[in  the  absence  of  the  Secretary,  Mr.  Kingsley,  detained  from  the  meeting  at 
Cleveland,  (Jhio,  who,  however,  sent  his  greetings].  On  calling  the  roll,  nine 
members  were  found  to  be  present,  viz.:  E.  Colton,  H.  A.  DeForest,  J.  J.  A. 
Ebbetts,  R.  S.  Fellowes,  W.  C.  Foote,  E.  Lyman,  C.  S.  Sperry,  I.  W.  Warner, 
J.  L.  Wright." 

Some  account  was  then  given  of  each  graduate  of  the  Class,  present  or  absent. 

"  It  was  found  that  three  of  our  number  had  died  since  our  last  meeting  [Frisby, 
1838 ;  J.  O.  Colton,  1840 ;  Dewey,  1840],  making  five  deaths  [with  Talcott,  1832 ; 
and  Evarts,  1833]  since  our  graduation,  and  all  by  consumption. 


ACI'HNDIX. 

"  Tlie  Claws  tlicii  Temlved :  That,  wlien  tliey  adjcnini,  tliey  adjourn  lor  live  ycarH  ; 
and  that  tlie  jjcrnuuient  Secretary  give  notice  to  each  ineniber,  a  few  niontlis  previous 
to  the  meeting,  requesting  all  to  attend,  and  asking  every  one  who  can  not  be  present 
to  write  his  history,  and  send  it  to  the  Seei-etary  of  Class  of  1832,  New  Haven." 

[H.  A.  DEFOREST.] 


No  records  of  the  meeting  of  1845  are  extant.  But  letters  from  absent  members 
of  the  Class,  read  at  that  time,  are  preserved,  as  follows : 

From  Eev.  J.  H.  Carrath,  of  Cherry  Valley,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  14,  1845. 

From  Rev.  E.  O.  Dunning,  of  Herkimer,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  18,  1845.  (Printed  on  2)p. 
96-7  of  our  "  Biographical  Memoranda.") 

From  Rev.  F.  S.  Ernst,  Baton  Rouge,  July  17,  1845 — who  writes: 

"  Respected  Classmates : 

....  It  would  greatly  rej<jice  my  heart  to  be  2>resent  with  you  all  at  the  i)ro- 
posed  meeting,  and  join  in  your  fraternal  greetings.     But  a  great  many  miles  will 

necessarily  separate  me  from  you  on  that  joyful  and  aifectiug  occasion Yet, 

Itrothers,  my  heart  is  with  you  .  .  .  may  yoiir  conference  be  most  happy,  may  peace 
be  with  you,  aiul  the  blessing  of  the  Great  God  rest  upon  you  and  the  honored  insti- 
tution where  it  is  your  happiness  to  meet ! 

"  Our  father,  the  President  of  the  College,  is  still  alive ;  you  will  gi-asp  his  hand, 
and  also  those  of  the  other  members  of  the  Faculty.  Of  this  great  pleasure  I  shall 
be  debarred ;  yet  I  will  not  trouble  you  with  the  expression  of  my  grief.  May  he 
and  they  long  be  spared  to  the  College,  to  tlieir  country,  and  to  the  cause  of  (iod. 
....        Brothers,  farewell  and  again  farewell. 

"  Ailectiojjately  yours." 


"Class  of  1832.     Meeting  Aug.  14,  1850,  at  Professor  Salisl)ury's  house. 

"  Present :  Bowers,  E.  Colton,  Dickson,  Dunning,  Eddy,  Foote,  Lyman,  Prentice, 
Salisbury,  Seymour,  Sperry,  C.  Stone,  R.  S.  Stone,  Tracy." 

The  roll  was  called ;  minutes  were  made  by  the  secretary  of  the  meeting,  Charles 
Tracy,  Esq.,  respecting  the  several  meml)ers  of  the  Class ;  and  letters  to  the  Secretary 
from  some  of  the  absent  ones  were  read,  as  follows : 

From  Rev.  E.  Cleveland,  of  Cabot,  Vt.,  August  8,  1850. 

From  Mr.  G.  W.  Edwards,  of  New  York,  August  13,  1850 — who  writes: 

"I  am  reminded  by  your  notice  in  the  New  York  Tribune,  as  well  as  by  the 
suggestions  of  memory  (ever  ready  to  summon  its  possessor  to  a  promised  good),  that 

3 


Al'l'KNOIX. 

the  apjxnnted  meeting  of  tlie  Class  of  1832  is  lu-ar  at  liaiid.     It  is  with  no  ordinary 

feelings  of  regret  that  I  inform  you  that  I  can  not  be  present  on  that  occasion 

Five  years  have  now  passed  since  I  last  met  with  you  and  my  Classmates — five  years, 
and  how  quickly  they  have  flown — five  years,  and  how  full  of  interest  have  they  been 
to  you  and  me  and  to  each  one  of  us !  They  remind  me,  probably  they  remind  us  all, 
of  the  dawning  of  new  earthly  hopes,  and  the  closing  forever  of  others  in  eternal 
night ;  of  projects  planned  in  exultation  and  ending  in  disappointment ;  of  schemes 
laid  with  jirudence  and  forethought,  and  yet  baffling  our  best  efforts  to  carry  them  into 
execution ;  of  expectations  raised  only  to  be  dashed,  and  resolutions  formed  only  to 
be  broken.  They  remind  us  of  an  unseen  hand  that  has  directed  our  steps  often  in 
'  ways  that  we  knew  not,'  of  the  realization  in  our  (nvn  experience  of  the  fact  that 
'  there  is  a  providence  that  shapes  our  ends,  rough-hew  them  as  we  may.'  They 
remind  us,  perhaps,  of  some  dark  storm  nishing  suddenly  upon  the  noontide  of  happi- 
ness, and  then  again  of  hope's  rays  beaming  out  from  the  nudst  of  the  clouds,  and 
revealing  themselves  more  fully  in  the  radiant  bow  on  the  dark  prospective  of  sorrow. 
It  is  but  a  common-place  reflection  that  in  the  life  of  every  human  being  there  are 
connected  with  every  year  and  hour  and  moment,  as  they  pass,  circumstances  that  are 
to  him  of  an  infinite  importance,  events  that  have  a  mighty  influence  upon  his  char- 
acter and  his  destiny  for  all  coming  time,  and  that  eternity  of  which  time  is  but  the 
portal ;  and  yet  to  the  outward  world  all  these  circumstances  and  events  may  i)ass 
unobserved  and  iinnoticed.  '  Every  heart  knows  its  own  bitterness.'  It  hath  its  own 
appropriate  sorrows  and  its  own  appropriate  joys ;  whatever  else  it  may  have  in 
common  with  the  world  around,  these  are  its  peculiar  property,  with  which  '  a 
stranger  intermeddleth  not.'  .... 

"  I  have  no  record  for  my  classmates  of  honorable  distinction  acquired  in  the  world, 
of  exploits  performed  or  reputation  won,  in  fame's  contest  with  my  fellowmen.  But 
in  regard  to  the  education  that  I  had  at  '  Old  Yale,'  I  will  say  that  I  have  every  day 
reason  to  be  thankful  for  it  as  the  means  of  doing  good  to  others,  and  the  source  of 
intellectual  enjoyment  to  myself " 

From  Kev.  H.  L.  Hitchcock,  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  July  18,  1850. 
A  letter  from  Kev.  J.  H.  Carruth,  of  Fly  Creek,  near  Cooperstown,  H.  Y.,  Aug. 
13,  1850,  was  received  too  late  to  be  read  at  the  meeting. 

"  Tutor  Blanchard,  of  the  South  Division,  was  present,  then  settled  at  Lowell, 
Mass.,  where  he  had  been  during  the  whole  of  his  ministerial  life  of  nearly  twenty- 
one  years. 

'■^Resolved:  That  the  Class  meet  again  in  1855." 

[C.  TRACY.] 


Ai>i'i:.\iii.\. 

"Jui.v  '25,  1«.55. 

"Present:  Bowers,  Fcllowes,  Prentice,  Siilisljiiry,  Sperry." 

Rejjorts  of  members  of  tlic  Class  were  niadu  mid  luiinited,  as  usual.  I.ettcrs  were 
read  as  follows : 

From  Rev.  ,J.  II.  Carrutli,  of  Watertown,  .lett'ersou  (!o.,  N.  Y.,  Jidy  1(1,  1855 — 
who  writes : 

...  "I  should  have  been  glad  exceedingly  to  see  JMew  ITaven,  and  to  see  the 
gray  liairs  and  bald  heads  that  will  then  and  tliei-e  be  seen,  and  also  to  show  my  own  ; 
but  God  in  his  providence  wills  otherwise.  ...  I  have  to-day  walked  eighteen  miles 
with  scarcely  any  fatigne,  though  walking  at  a  brisk   rate,  aixl  in   a  hot  sun.     I  am 

beginning  to  be  long-sighted,  but  do  not  use  spectacles I  am  as  poor  ;is  T  can 

be  comfortably,  and  have  sometimes  been  Tuore  so.  .  .  . 

"  Wishing  you  and  all  our  surviving  classmates  a  hapjiy  old  age,  a  hajipy  death,  and 
a  happy  eternity,  I  am 

Respectfully." 

From  Rev.  R.  S.  Stone,  of  East  Hampton,  Mass.,  July  23,  1S55 — who  writes  : 

.  .  .  "  It  is  a  vei-y  great  disappointment  to  me  to  find  myself  unable  to  meet  with 
my  classmates,  respected  and  beloved,  on  that  occasion.  .  .  .  But  I  hereby  send  my 
most  cordial  salutations  to  all  who  may  assemble.  .  .  . 

"  The  oldest  living  graduate  of  Yale,  the  Rev.  Payson  Williston,  D.D.,  resides  here, 
and,  though  now  just  past  ninety-two,  bids  fair  to  stay  a  few  years  longer.  Far  short 
of  that  great  age  as  we  classmates  come,  it  is  yet  to  me  an  affecting  thought  that  just 
half  of  my  life  has  passed  since  I  left  college ;  and  our  oft  returning  Commencements 
leave  that  point  of  our  history  farther  behind,  and  almost  out  of  sight.  Who  of  us 
will,  in  a  few  years,  be  the  only  survivor  of  our  Class  ?  .  .  ." 

"It  was  resolved:  That  the  next  meeting  of  the  Class  be  in  1857,  for  the  reason 
that  twenty-five  years  will  then  have  elapsed  since  its  graduation." 

[R.   S.  FELLOWES, 

Secretary  of  the  meeting/.'] 


No  records  of  the  meeting  of  1857  are  to  l)e  found;  nor  does  it  appear  that  any 
letters  from  absent  members  of  the  Class  were  read  on  that  occasion. 


AWENDIX. 

Karlv  ill  May,  1880,  an  invitation  was  sent  out  tu  "  tlie  survivors  of  (dl  those  who 
were  at  any  tvme  membei's  of  the  Class  of  1832  in  Yale  College,  to  meet  at  the  liouse 
of  the  Class-Secretary  in  New  Haven,  on  the  30th  of  June,  "  for  renewal  of  acquaiiit- 
uiu'C  and  tlie  transaction  of  any  appro])i'iate  Inisiiiess." 

The  following  gentlemen,  accordingly,  came  together  at  6  P.  M.  on  that  day : 
Brace,  E.  Col  ton,  Fellowes,  Foote,  Frazier,  Hebard,  Noble,  Manning,  Plummer, 
Salisbury,  Seymour,  Starr,  Stille,  Tracy,  VanBergen,  Warner,  Winthrop.  Letters 
expressing  regret  at  absence,  from  Archer,  Bulkley,  Carruth,  Cleveland,  Edwards, 
Farley,  Gould,  Hoff,  Hopkins,  W.  J.  Hoppin,  Huntington,  Ingersoll,  Keep,  Latimer, 
Livingston,  Lyman,  McCrea,  Meriam,  Miles,  Norton,  Saimderson,  Schley,  Shelton, 
J.  D.  Smith,  Tenney,  Wharton,  Wurts,  were  read.  Messrs.  Norton,  Carruth,  and  the 
late  Dr.  Brown  were  represented  by  their  likenesses." 

"  Mr.  Salisbury  read  an  address  of  welcome  and  congratulation,"  as  follows : 

'  GENTLEiMEN,    MY    DEAK    FkIENDS  : 

'  Having  already  had  the  pleasure  of  welcoming  you  individually,  it  is  now  my 
privilege  to  bid  you  welcome  as  a  Class.  This  is  our  eighth  meeting  since  graduation, 
the  otliers  having  been  held  on  the  evening  of  August  15,  1832,  in  1835,  1840,  1845, 
18.5(1,  1855  and  1857,  respectively,  as  shown  by  the  records.  But  I  am  sure  of  expressing 
a  feeling  common  to  all  who  were  graduated  here  in  1832,  when  I  say  that  in  every 
previous  meeting  we  have  had  a  painful  sense  of  being  a  mutilated  class,  bereft,  as  we 
were  when  only  half  through  our  course,  of  many  of  our  most  brilliant  men,  and  valued 
friends,  by  a  sad  catastrophe — a  sense  under  the  pressure  of  which  we  have  not,  hitherto, 
been  able  to  rise  to  any  high  degree  of  class-enthusiasm.  Now,  however,  the  broken 
bonds  are  re-united  ;  and,  though  not  a  few  of  those  whom  we  lost  in  that  catastrophe, 
as  well  as  others  of  our  number,  have  been  separated  from  us  by  death,  yet  many  of 
them  survive  to  gladden  us  with  their  presence,  or  have  sent  us  messages  of  fraternal 
greeting  whicli  bring  them  into  our  circle,  to-day.  So  that  we  are  "  omnes  in  uno," 
again,  with  a  peculiar  emphasis  of  meaning,  scarcely  to  have  been  anticipated  when  a 
cruel  fatality  broke  our  class  in  two,  long  years  ago.  Nor  has  this  happy  consummation 
come  too  late.  A  reparation  of  injury,  a  restoration  of  harmony,  though  it  may  be 
tardy,  is  never  out  of  time.  None  of  us,  I  hoj)e,  are  too  old  to  respond  to  the  (piickening 
influence  of  a  revival  of  .associations  of  our  youthful  days.  There  is  not  one  of  us,  I  am 
sure,  who  may  not  be  clieered  and  strengthened  by  it  to  do  and  dare  the  more  in  what 
remains  of  the  work  of  earthly  life. 

'  This  meeting  has  grown  out  of  an  undert.akiug,  begun  nearly  two  years  since,  to 
trace  and  brieily  record  the  fortunes  of  all  those  who  ever  were  members  of  the  Class  of 
1832  in  Yale  College — to  which  1  was  led,  in  part,  by  the  consciousness  of  having  not 
been  duly  attentive,  previously,  to  the  duties  of  Class-Secretary,  which  had  been 
somehow  laid  upon  me  (probably,  at  the  meeting  of  the  Class  in  1845,  the  first  permanent 
Secretary,  Mr.  Kingsley,  having  died  in  1842),  though  no  record  of  the  fact  appears. 
As  my  inquiries  were  pushed,  I  became  animated  by  the  thought  of  the  possibility  of 

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restoring  the  unity  ol'  tlie  Class;  tlie  suggestion  of  whicli  met  witli  universal  favor 
among  the  survivors  of  our  graduates  of  1832,  and  was  cordially  and  gracefully  met,  on 
our  jietition,  by  the  President  and  Fellows  of  Yale,  who  last  year  gave  back  to  us  all 
who  had  then  been  traced,  and  were  found  to  be  still  living,  of  our  lost  brothers,  by 
conferring  on  them  the  honorary  Master's  degree.  Two  others,  traced  since,  will  receive 
the  same  degree  to-morrow. 

'  Here  it  may  be  in  place  to  give  some  class-statistics.  The  whole  number  of  iTieinliers, 
at  one  time  or  another,  longer  or  shorter,  is  one  hundred  and  nineteen.  Of  these,  fifty- 
five — a  few  less  than  half — are  believed  to  be  still  living.  The  class  counted  fifty-three 
men  at  its  graduation,  of  whom  twenty-eight  still  live — a  fraction  more  than  half.  The 
invitation  to  this  meeting  included  all  of  the  fifty-five  survivors,  together  with  two 
others,  then  supposed  to  be  living,  but  since  found  to  have  already  "  gone  before,"  and 
two  who  have  died  since  the  invitation  was  sent  out,  one  of  whom,  presently  to  be 
named,  has  died  within  a  few  days.  Twenty-seven*  have  sent  letters  of  regret  that  they 
could  not  join  us,  all  with  some  expression  of  fraternal  sympathy — fourteen  of  these 
being  men  who  were  not  graduated  here  in  course,  in  1832,  and  the  other  thirteen  among 
those  who  then  took  their  Yale-degrees.  Eleven  of  our  survivors  have  not  been  heard 
from  in  answer  to  the  invitation. 

'  One  of  those  invited,  who  most  earnestly  desired  to  be  present  with  us  to-day,  liaviiig 
looked  forward  to  this  meeting  with  longing,  even  from  his  distant  home  in  Japan,  is, 
alas,  not  here,  after  all  !  He  was  suddenly  "  called  up  higher,"  oidy  ten  days  ago.  It 
was  the  rare  privilege  of  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  Robbins  Brown,  after  years  of  valuable 
service  as  a  missionary  in  China,  to  be  called  to  impress  his  own  mind  and  character,  ))v 
means  of  education  and  translation  of  the  Scriptures,  upon  all  the  coming  history  of  that 
wonderful  civilization  of  Japan,  long  shut  out  from  commimication  with  the  rest  of  the 
world,  except  by  one  port  open  to  one  people  ;  but  of  which  the  various  jiroducts, 
especially  those  in  the  department  of  art,  have  of  late  become  so  highly  prized,  by  all 
people  of  culture,  that  one  can  scarcely  be  regarded  as  educated  up  to  the  requirements 
of  the  time,  who  is  not  more  or  less  familiar  with  Japanese  arts  and  manufactures.  With 
all  her  culture,  however,  original  and  elaborate  as  it  was,  Japan,  so  long  as  she  remained 
isolated,  was  not  in  the  line  of  progress,  according  to  western  conceptions  of  \\liat  that 
signifies  ;  and  felt  none  of  those  specially  quickening  influences  which  have  come  to 
nations  of  the  West  through  Christianity.  Even  the  multiplied  commercial  advances  of 
western  people,  in  recent  times,  to  lier  shores,  would  not,  in  all  jsrobability,  have  wrought 
any  radical  or  permanent  changes  in  her  destiny,  but  for  the  new  inspiration,  the  liberal- 
izing impulse,  communicated  by  Christian  missions.  This  agency  it  was,  in  one  form 
or  another,  which,  animated  and  borne  along  by  Christian  love  and  beneficence,  broke 
down  barriers,  and  overcame  prejudices,  as  no  other. power  could  have  done.  In  this 
auspicious  introduction  of  Chi-istianity  into  Japan,  our  lamented  classmate  Brown  had 
the  honor  to  be  a  pioneer,  and  for  several  years  a  successful  laborer.  A  record  of  his 
life  by  himself,  which  is  in  our  possession  for  publication,  closes  with  these  words  :  "  It 
is  a  joy  to  me  that  I  have  spent  twenty-nine  years  of  my  life  as  a  pioneer  worker  in 
China  and  in  the  Land  of  the  Rising  Sun.  All  that  far  East  has  begun  to  move,  and  to 
fall  in  with  the  march  of  the  nations  of  the  West.     I  almost  envy  those  younger  than 

*  Mr.  Clay  sent  his  regrets  later. 


APPENDIX. 

iiivsc'lf,  wlio  will  livo  to  see  the  future  advance."  His  presence  liere,  on  this  occasion, 
will  be  sadly  missed.  But  "  an  honored  life,  a  peaceful  death,  and  heaven  to  crown  it 
all,"  apportioned  to  him,  remain  for  us  to  rejoice  in  and  he  thankful  for. 

'  Our  class  has  been  honorably  distinguished  for  its  large  proportion  of  men  of 
professed  Christian  principle.  The  spirit  in  whic-li  we  ])arted,  in  1832,  was  felicitously 
expressed  by  one  of  our  number  (who  is  happily  with  us  to-day),*  in  a  hymn,  sung  at 
our  closing  service  in  the  Chapel,  which  I  have  the  pleasure  of  recalling  to  you  : 

"  Peace  to  the  whispers  of  sadness  at  ])artiiig, 

The  love  that  hath  bound  us  unbroken  remains  ; 
Bright  rays  of  hope  from  above  are  still  darting, 

And  God  who  hath  filled  us  with  gladness  still  reigns. 

Chorus — Peace  to  the  whispers  of  sadness  at  parting, 

For  God  who  hath  filled  us  with  gladness  still  reigns. 

"  Brief  are  the  hours  we  have  sojourned  together, 
The  last  sand  is  rvmning,  we  hasten  to  j)art  ; 
Earth  hath  no  union  but  time  will  dissever — 

To  meet  with  the  blest  be  the  prayer  of  our  heart. 

CiiOKUs — Peace  to  the  whispers  of  sadness  at  parting. 

To  meet  with  the  blest  be  the  prayer  of  our  heart. 

"  High  be  His  praises  whose  mercy  abounding 
On  us  has  so  richly,  so  freely,  been  poured  ; 
Swell  the  loud  chorus  in  anthems  resounding, 
Be  glad  every  heart,  and  rejoice  in  the  Lord. 

Chorus — Swell  the  loud  chorus  in  anthems  resounding. 
Be  glad  every  heart  and  rejoice  in  the  Lord." 

'The  key-note  of  this  onr  re-union,  after  the  lapse  of  nearly  half  a  century,  may  be 
appropriately  struck  by  the  following  words,  in  a  similar  strain,  of  our  great  Quaker 

j)oet : 

"  I  mourn  no  more  my  vanished  years ; 
Beneath  a  tender  rain. 
An  April  rain  of  smiles  and  tears, 

My  heart  is  young  again. 
***** 

"  No  longer  forward  nor  behind 
I  look  in  hope  and  fear; 
But,  grateful,  take  the  good  I  find. 
The  V)est  of  now  and  here. 

i|C  ?jC  Jp  Jp  3|C 

"  I  break  my  pilgrim  staff,  I  lay 

Aside  the  toiling  oar  ; 
The  angel  sought  so  far  away 

T  welcome  at  my  door. 
***** 

"  All  as  God  wills,  who  wisely  heeds 
To  give  or  to  withhold. 
And  knoweth  more  of  all  my  needs 
Thau  all  my  prayers  have  told  ! 

*  Cliarles  Tracy,  l?sq.,  of  New  York, 


APPENDIX. 

"  Enough  that  blessings  undeserved 
Have  marked  my  erring  track — 
That  whereso'er  my  feet  have  swerved, 
His  chastening  turned  nie  back — 

"  Tliat  more  and  more  a  Providence 
Of  love  is  understood, 
Making  the  springs  of  time  and  sense 
Sweet  with  eternal  good — 

"  That  death  seems  but  a  covered  way 
Which  opens  into  light, 
Wherein  no  blinded  child  can  stray 
Beyond  the  Father's  sight — 

"  That  care  and  trial  seem  at  last, 
Through  jVIemory's  simset  air, 
Like  mountain-ranges  overpast, 
In  purple  distance  fair. 

*  iit  *  *  *  " 

'  It  now  only  remains  for  me  to  propose  that  this  meeting  be  organized  by  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  President  and  Secretary — to  give  direction  to  our  proceedings,  to  jireserve 
order,  if  needful,  and  to  record  what  may  be  said  and  done.  As  already  intimated,  I 
have  at  hand  letters  from  absent  brothers  ;  these  should  be  read  at  the  proper  time. 
There  are  also  before  you  interesting  memoranda  respecting  mendiers  of  the  Class,  to 
which  reference  may  be  had  on  request  for  information.  The  gentlemen  present  will 
be  expected,  I  suppose,  to  speak  for  themselves.  One  chief  object  of  our  gathering  is, 
of  course,  to  renew  acquaintance  with  and  in  regard  to  one  another.  May  I  be  alhnved 
to  propose,  then,  that  lion.  William  Frazier  of  Staunton,  in  the  Old  Dominion,  pre- 
side over  our  meeting  ;  and  that  Richard  Simpson  Fellowes,  Esq.,  of  New  Haven, 
act  as  Secretary  ? ' 

"  Hon.  William  Frazier  was  then  called  to  the  chair,  and  made  a  few  pleasant  and 
])atriotic  remarks ;  and  Mr.  Fellowes  was  appointed  Secretary  of  the  meeting. 

"  Mr.  Salisbury,  as  Class-Secretary,  gave  in  brief  some  of  the  results  of  two  years 
of  correspondence  with  [or,  about]  members  of  the  Class,  in  which  '  work  of  love,'  as  he 
called  it,  he  had  gathered  many  details  of  their  history ;  the  roll  of  deceased  members 
was  read  in  full. 

"  Mr.  Tracy  then  gracefully  proposed  a  vote  of  thanks  to  Prof.  Salisbury  for  his 
pains  in  tracing  tlie  fortunes  of  the  members  of  tlie  Class  since  graduation,  and  for  his 
cordial  hospitality,  etc.,  which  was  unanimously  passed." 

The  gentlemen  jiresent  being  called  upon,  in  turn,  for  off-hand  speeches : 

"Mr.  Hebard  spoke  of  his  pleasure  in  meeting  his  classmates,  to  do  which  lie  had 

come  2000  miles ;  he  wished  to  get  a  mental  photograph  of  those  present ;  he  had  been 

teacher,  pioneer,  engineer  and  farmer,  and  had  been  successful ;  had  lived  most  of  the 

time  on  the  western  rim  of  civilization  ;  had  been  in  the  Iowa  Legislature  and  Senate, 

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APPENDIX. 

and  had,  with  Gov.  Chambers,  aided  in  making  treaties  witli  Indian  tribes.  He  also 
broiight  np  the  name  of  Henry  A.  DeForest,  speaking  of  him  with  coi-dial  feeling 
and  emotion. 

"Mr.  Phimmer  had  always  been  thankful  that  he  was  a  graduate  of  Yale;  his 
education  at  Yale,  and  for  the  ministry,  had  brought  him  always  into  full  sympathy 
with  the  good  men  and  the  good  objects  of  the  whole  world. 

"  Mr.  Starr  made  a  few  remarks  of  similar  purport. 

"  Mr.  Brace  was  delighted  to  meet  his  Class,  paid  a  tribute  to  Mr.  Salisbury  for 
what  he  had  done  in  preparing  for  this  gathering,  and  then  spoke  feelingly  of  the 
late  Dr.  Brown  of  Japan,  of  his  evenness  of  temper,  capacities  and  usefulness. 

"  Dr.  Stille  said,  if  he  were  to  say  all  he  wished  to,  he  should  talk  all  night ;  sad- 
ness was  joined  to  the  pleasure ;  associations  of  names  often  made  him  smile ;  he 
alluded  to  Saunderson  as  a  wit  and  lampoonist,  and  gave  several  illustrations  of  his 
ability  in  that  direction — which  recalled  Edwards,  Salter,  Peiia,  Tutor  Jones,  whose 
]3aterual  mode  of  discipline  he  admired,  and  others. 

"  Mr.  Manning  then  gave  a  hearty  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Mr.  Joiies  (in  which 
others  joined) ;  and  was  followed  by  Mr.  Foote  in  praise  of  his  room-mate  Peiia, 
relating  several  anecdotes  of  college-Ufe ;  his  own  life  had  l)een  too  uneventful  to 
talk  about. 

"  Mr.  Colton  expressed  his  thanks  to  the  Class-Secretary,  and  praised  the  late  Dr. 
Brown. 

"  Mr.  Winthrop  spoke  of  his  regrets  at  not  having  graduated  with  the  Class,  and 
of  his  agricultural  employments. 

"  Mr.  Foote  rejoiced  in  the  depths  of  his  heart  at  this  class-reunion,  etc." 

Mr.  Salisbury  illustrated  the  impropriety  of  his  attempticg  to  make  a  speech,  by 
relating  the  incident  of  his  losing  his  balance  in  the  midst  of  a  declamation  in  the 
College  Chapel,  and  being  forced  to  jump  from  the  platform,  to  save  himself  from  a 
fall,  much  to  the  amusement  of  his  comrades. 

"  General  Noble  said  that,  oiitside  of  family,  college  and  country  have  the  next 
claims  upon  us ;  he  heard  the  first  gun  at  Sumter,  was  at  Andersonville,  etc. ;  if  the 
war  had  done  no  other  good,  it  had  taught  our  citizen-soldiers  what  a  great  country 
they  have ;  he  was  well,  active,  and  able  to  work  sixteen  hours  out  of  twenty-four. 

"  Mr.  VanBergen,  alluding  to  the  peculiar  circumstances  of  the  meeting,  said  it 
illustrated,  what  lawyers  know,  that  there  is  a  way  out  of  every  difiiculty. 

"  Mr.  Seymour  had  great  pleasure  on  the  occasion. 

"  Mr.  Warner  hoped  that  education  would  make  us  all  missionaries  for  good. 

"  Mr.  Frazier  pleasantly  stated  some  of  his  reminiscences  of  Professor  Olmsted, 

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APPENDIX. 

and  of  tutors  Joues  and  Pettiugell,  whose  names  the  Class  ought  to  l)ear  in  reuicni- 
brance,  etc. 

"  Evening-refreshments  were  then  served  ;  and  the  company  drank  to  the  toast  of 
'omnes  in  imo'  given  by  Mr.  Salisbury,  'with  a  new  significance  and  a  new  conse- 
cration— '  in  uno '  in  brotherhood,  in  devotion  to  our  whole  country,  in  loyalty  to 
our  common  Alma  Mater — a  motto,  now,  no  longer  for  a  portion  of  the  Class,*  but 
for  the  whole  Class.' 

"  After  the  meeting  was  again  called  to  order,  Mr.  Salisbury  showed  copies  of  the 
form  proposed  for  the  publication  of  our  '  Biographical  Memoranda,'  and  called 
particular  attention  to  his  statement,  in  a  prefatory  note,  relative  to  the  disniption  of 
the  Class  in  1830 — which  was  generally  aj^proved,  though  somewhat  criticised  by  Dr. 
Stille.f  There  was  then  some  discussion  as  to  the  number  of  copies  which  would  be 
needed,  and,  upon  the  Class-Secretary  stating  that  he  thought  four  hinidred  might  be 
the  right  number,  it  was  resolved,  on  motion  by  Mr.  Tracy,  seconded  by  Mr.  Fellowes : 
That  the  form  of  publication,  as  shown,  be  appi-oved  ;  and  that  four  hundred  copies 
be  printed,  at  the  convenience  of  Mr.  Salisbury. 

"  Before  the  meeting  broke  up,  subscriptions  were  made  towards  defraying  the 
printing-expenses. 

K.   S.   FELLOWES, 

Secretary  of  meeting  of^Oth  June,  1880." 

*  In  allusion  to  the  fact  that  those  who  left  ua  in  1830  assumed,  as  their  badge  of  distinction,  a  massive 
gold  ring  with  these  words  inscribed  upon  it. 

f  A  correspondence  with  Dr.  Stillii,  afterwards,  led  to  some  slight  modifications  of  this  statement,  giving  it 
the  form  printed  above. 


li 


APPENDIX. 


SKETCHES    FROM    MEMORY. 

Rhad  before  the  Yale  Alumni  Association  op  New  York,  DEt'EMiiEit  12,  1813, 

BY 

Charles  Tracy. 

The  period  of  observation  covered  by  what  is  now  offered,  began  in  182!),  and 
ended,  for  the  most  part,  in  1832.  Those  who  then  were  jM-oniinent  in  the  admin' 
istration  of  Yale  College,  with  few  exceptions,  have  passed  from  life  and  become  fair 
subjects  of  history ;  and  in  speaking  only  of  them  no  slight  is  intended  as  to  others 
more  lately  or  even  now  among  us. 

The  class  of  1832  was  under  the  presidency  of  Dr.  Day,  and  the  instruction  of 
himself  and  Professors  Silliman,  Kingsley,  Goodrich  and  Olmsted.  Its  last  term  of 
Senior-year  gave  it  the  first  openings  of  Professor  "Woolsey,  in  the  department  of  the 
Greek  language.  Long  may  lie  flourish  before  his  completed  career  shall  demand  an 
historian ! 

President  Day  held  his  position  and  fulfilled  his  duties  with  unfailing  care,  and 
without  a  trace  of  assumption  or  magisterial  bearing.  He  was  not  only  benevolent 
and  paternal  in  spirit,  but  quiet,  constant,  hopeful ;  seeing  and  seen  of  all,  watching 
the  movement  of  things,  but  never  hastily  interrupting  the  current.  "While  he  taught 
metaphysics  with  the  accuracy  of  the  mathematician,  he  furnished  in  himself  the 
living  type  of  the  philosopher. 

There  was  an  ample  spring  of  humor  in  his  mind,  wliich  ordinarily  was  kept  back, 
but  sometimes  burst  out  when  occasion  demanded.  Once  an  alarm  was  raised  in  conse- 
quence of  some  cases  of  smallpox  near  the  college-buildings,  and  great  stir  and  talk  were 
excited  among  the  students.  Things  were  coming  to  a  serious  pass.  The  president  com- 
prehended the  situation.  Immediately  after  evening-prayers  lie  came  before  the  whole 
assembly  and  made  a  speech  so  wise  and  withal  so  humorous  that  all  were  enlightened 
and  vastly  amused ;  and  he  gave  the  excitement  a  finishing  touch  by  saying  he  was 
concerned  to  find  that  the  anxiety  on  this  subject  prevailed  most  in  one  class,  and  was 
in  fact  almost  confined  to  it — the  Sophomore  Class.  Thenceforth  the  pestilence  became 
a  joke,  and  the  Sophomores  made  the  best  of  their  case  and  joined  in  the  laugh. 

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APPENDIX. 

Professor  Sillimaii  was  an  enthusiast  in  his  department.  He  liad  imported  eliem 
istry  and  set  it  up  in  the  place  of  the  old  speculations  about  four  elements,  phlogiston 
and  the  like.  In  his  own  country  he  nobly  proclaimed  the  new  science,  and  also 
pushed  forward  its  investigations.  Since  the  period  now  under  consideration  chemistry 
has  grown ;  but  all  there  was  of  it  then — the  main  stock  of  what  there  is  now — was  in 
his  head  ami  heart,  and  he  loved  to  make  it  known.  There  was  eloquence  in  his 
lectures  and  magic  in  his  material  demonstrations.  Mineralogy  also  received  admirable 
treatment  at  his  hands.  As  for  geology,  its  doctrines  were  afloat,  its  observations 
scant ;  and  no  sound  teacher  of  the  young  could  treat  it  as  a  matured  science,  or  safely 
take  a  stand  ujjon  any  general  theory ;  but  lie  displayed  and  grouped  the  things  known, 
and  indicated  the  line  of  investigation,  and  trained  his  jjupils  for  the  grand  pursuit 
which  was  opening. 

Mr.  Silliman  was  heard  sometimes  on  other  subjects,  and  always  was  tlie  true 
orator.  While  the  Faculty  of  the  college,  as  a  whole,  was  conspicuous  for  correct 
knowledge  of  the  Englisli  language  and  for  cultivated  expression,  the  true  rhetorical 
art,  in  spoken  discourse,  had  its  best  example  in  Professor  Silliman.  Some  cherished 
the  antiquated  pronunciation,  and  said  natur  and  vi/iu  and  valooitUe,  and  dropped 
the  final  g  of  the  present  participle — all  upon  jjrinciple  and  with  rigid  system ;  but 
Ml-.  Silliman  had  caught  the  full  pronunciation  of  scholars  in  England.  Americans 
often  lightly  touched  tlie  accented  syllable  of  a  word,  l>ut  he  made  it  prominent,  as  did 
Daniel  Webster  and  some  others  of  tlie  best  deliverers  of  discourse.  Mr.  Silliman's 
pronunciation  went  a  little  further  in  the  old-country  line ;  for  he  pronounced  the  a  in 
m cm,  bad,  lance  and  the  like,  as  it  is  heard  usually  in  far  and  /'at fur.  Beyond  this 
little  matter,  he  was  clear  and  rapid  in  statement,  rich  in  illustration,  ardent  in  delivery, 
brilliant  in  witty  sallies,  and  at  all  times  glowing  with  uuaifected  goodness  of  soul  and 
sympathy  with  whatever  was  noble  and  pure.  In  one  of  his  lectures,  after  describing 
certain  phenomena  in  which  ph^'sical  nature  was  working  out  the  comfort  and  safety 
of  man,  he  spoke  of  the  evidence  of  a  jiersonal  divinity  in  the  manifest  design  of  such 
a  material  law ;  "  design,"  said  he,  "  as  plain  to  be  seen  here,  as  it  is  in  the  hinge  of  a 
door."     What  could  be  liner  1 

His  origin  and  training  and  his  whole  life  belonged  to  culture  and  refinement — in 
fact  to  the  aristocracy ;  and  without  pretensions  or  claims,  but  with  true  dignity,  he 
always  was  a  gentleman,  as  well  as  an  example  and  guide  in  the  walks  of  virtue ; 
never  wanting  in  the  exaltation  belonging  to  a  profound  religious  faith,  nor  the 
sentiment  moving  to  devout  worship. 


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APPENDIX. 

Professor  Kingsloy  was  ;i  close  stuilent  and  Ijook-woruL,  liut  wore  tlie  expression 
of  vivacity.  When  met  at  liis  room  lie  was  fonnd  spirited  and  ready.  A  fortunate 
errand  took  a  student  to  liis  jirivate  library  for  the  form  of  a  Latin  inscription  to  he 
cut  on  a  monument ;  and  there  sat  the  learned  man,  surrounded  by  shelves  of  classics, 
all  i^uai-ded  by  paper  covers — aii  awe  ins]iiriniif  sight  to  a  college-boy — the  prftfessor's 
posture  and  sparkling  face  repeating  the  portrait  of  Sterne,  and  his  conversation  not 
out  of  harmony  with  his  looks.  The  course  of  lectures  he  gave  to  the  Seniors  on 
chronology,  the  i)rinciple8  of  history  and  what  he  called  general  graniniar,  were  among 
the  things  most  enjoya])le  at  the  time  and  most  firmly  remembered  afterwards.  His 
readiiigs  of  Plato  were  absolutely  charming.  Not  having  fully  retained  his  voice 
during  the  period  of  this  notice,  he  ceased  his  weekly  turn  at  evening-prayers  on  his 
delivery  becoming  inaudihie,  but  the  Class  gathered  near  him  in  the  lecture-room  and 
lost  not  a  word. 

These  three  gentleincn,  with  all  their  propriety,  possessed  much  of  true  humor ; 
and  it  was  not  always  smothered.  A  student  caught  a  iiash  now  and  then  ;  but  their 
own  private  intercourse,  it  was  said,  struck  out  many  a  good  thing,  wliicli  was  quoted 
and  passed  along  down  the  line.  Mr.  Kingsley,  having  just  received  an  invitation  to 
dine  with  a  friend,  met  Mr.  Silliman,  who  came  to  give  a  similar  invitation  for  the 
same  day.  "  Pmt  how  can  I  eat  two  dinners  at  once  and  in  two  places  f '  says  Kingsley. 
"  You  are  the  ass  between  two  bundles  of  hay,  not  knowing  which  to  choose,"  was  the 
reply;  and  the  instant  rejoinder  was:  "No!  a  bundle  of  hay  between  two  asses." 
Some  days  afterwards  Professor  Kingsley  called  to  see  the  new  laboratory,  where 
Professor  Silliman  was  at  work  amidst  foi'ge  and  tank  and  retort.  The  establishment 
struck  tlie  visitor  as  bearing  an  odd  likeness  to  a  smithy  ;  and,  with  a  <piizzical  tone, 
lie  asked  :  "  Is  this  the  place  where  you  shoe  asses  ?"  The  answer  was :  "  Yes,  hold  up 
your  foot." 

Professor  Olmsted  left  most  grateful  recollections.  He  was  a  true  man  and  a 
diligent  and  effective  teacher.  The  work  of  carrying  a  class  through  a  course  of 
natural  philosophy  and  astronomy,  treating  it  with  exactness,  and  making  them  com- 
prehend the  subject,  is  essentially  arduous ;  and  he  performed  it  with  a  patient  spirit, 
and  evinced  rare  gifts  of  imparting  ideas  and  fixing  them  in  the  mind. 

His  nile  was  to  press  a  point  until  he  could  read  it  in  the  face  of  the  slowest  of  his 
hearers,  and  of  course  some  versatility  was  requisite  for  holding  the  interest  of  others, 
who  quickly  caught  it,  while  the  gradual  impression  was  working  in  heavier  mould. 
This  is  the  very  difficulty  in  all  rational  arguments  before  judges,  juries  and  ci'owds : 
to  keep  up  the  thought  in  varying  forms,  not  wearying  the  fast  while  convincing  the 
0  n 


APPENDIX. 

slow.  He  did  a  great  service  to  meteorology  hj  long  and  exhaustive  laliors  in  the 
investigation  of  the  great  meteoric  shower  of  1833  ;  gathering  reports  from  tliousands 
of  observers,  reducing  them  to  system,  and  propounding  an  hv])otlicsifi  which  ])laced 
the  whole  within  the  range  of  scientific  consideration. 

This  suggested  resolution  of  the  phenomena  was  not  jmt  forth  as  a  theory  or 
determined  conclusion,  but  strictly  as  an  hypothesis ;  and  altliougli  other  anil  later 
observations  caused  his  scheme  to  be  somewliat  obscured,  yet  it  wrought  the  true 
work  of  an  hypothesis,  l)y  gr()U])ing  jihenomena,  tracing  portions  of  a  general  law, 
and  helping  forward  tlie  intpiiry  which  has  not  stopped,  and  even  now  challenges  the 
student  of  natiire  to  face  new  facts  and  startling  affinities. 

Professor  Goodrich  gave  to  rhetoine  a  thoughtful  ti-eatment,  while  encouraging 
the  attempts  of  his  pupils  in  their  crude  essays.  He  was,  moreover,  the  critical  editor, 
who  furnished  or  polished  tlie  issiies  of  a  distinguished  serial  magazine ;  and  he  also 
impressed  his  ample  learning  and  methodical  care  upon  the  great  dictionary  of 
Webster. 

Of  the  tutors  in  those  days  there  remains  a  pleasant  memory  for  general  kindness 
and  friendliness.  l>ut  at  tliat  period  they  were  hardly  expected  or  allowed  to  do 
miich  practical  teaching.  Their  chief  office  was  to  see  that  every  student  had  learned 
his  lesson,  and  to  mark  down  his  attendance  and  proficiency :  in  short,  to  be  head- 
monitor  and  policeman.  It  was  a  waste  of  good  brains  to  keeji  such  clever  men  as 
the  tutors  were  at  such  duty,  and  not  to  use  them  more  effectually  in  the  very  woi'k 
of  education — in  imparting  ideas,  smoothing  difficulties,  encouraging  the  faint,  guiding 
the  courageous  and  helping  all. 

Dr.  Fitch,  then  the  minister  of  the  chapel,  as  well  as  instructor  in  ethics,  was  a 
graceful  writer  and  a  bold  thinker,  but  too  diffident  for  extemporaneous  discourse  or 
even  class-instruction.  His  pulpit-performances  were  of  a  high  order,  and  he  warmed 
in  the  delivery  of  grand  passages.  One  instance  of  his  advancing  courage  may  be 
mentioned.  It  was  in  a  sermon  on  the  resurrection.  He  distinguished  the  two  ideas 
expressed  in  the  common  translation  by  the  same  tenn  resurrection^  one  looking  to  a 
rising  of  1)ody  and  the  other  to  a  persistent  being  of  soul ;  and  thus,  in  few  words, 
propounded  what  then  was  startling,  although  much  considered  since  that  time. 

In  those  days  New  Haven  had  its  characters.  There  was  Percival  the  poet, 
dwelling  alone  in  a  cheerless  house  with  not  a  green  thing  about  it,  and  coming  forth 
at  times  haggard  and  crazed  in  looks,  wearing  a  doleful  hat,  and  in  the  hottest  days 

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APPENDIX. 

wi'appetl  in  a  faded  plaid-cloak.  Yet  lie  was  a  true  poet,  ami  morenver  was  a  hi^li 
matlieinatician  and  a  master  of  mineralogy.  The  State  did  wisely  in  f^iving  its 
geological  sui'vey  into  liis  IkuhIs.  There  was  Palmer,  the  engineer,  who  opei-atcil  in 
his  surveys  \\itli  (jueer  instruments  of  his  own  invention  and  construction,  jiressed  to 
the  highest  and  hardest  in  the  study  of  exact  science,  solved  the  puzzles  of  numbers, 
determined  the  diameter  of  the  ultimate  globules  or  particles  of  water,  made  the  very 
best  of  all  repoi'ts  on  the  shooting  stars,  and — lived  under  the  shadow  of  West  Itock, 
and  sent  his  milk-cart  to  the  city.  There  was  Jiidson,  an  eccentric  critic,  who  wrote 
strange  papers  and  said  odd  things.  One  of  his  saws  was  this  :  "  Some  men  are  wise 
and  some  are  otherwise."  There  was  Nathan  Smith,  the  aged  lawyer,  a  man  of 
eminence  at  jui'y-trials.  lie  was  the  last  who  came  to  the  bar  in  small-clothes,  long 
hose,  blue  coat  with  gold  buttons  and  a  queue  and  powder.  He  was  not  a  polished 
orator.  His  tone  was  of  the  ruder  quality  and  not  free  from  lisping,  but  his  treatment 
of  a  cause  befoi-e  a  jnry  was  reniarkalily  great.  Here  is  an  example,  which  some  of 
the  class  of  1832  witnessed  and  enjoyed.  There  was  a  suit  for  the  loss  of  a  horse,  the 
cpiestion  being  whether  the  animal  died  from  negligent  watering  when  overheated,  or 
from  prior  fatal  disease.  After  a  conflict  of  testimony  as  to  the  facts,  and  clashing 
u[)iniuns  of  medical  experts,  and  skilful  handling  of  the  cause  by  counsel,  the  general 
impression  tended  to  innocence  of  the  driver.  Now  Smith  took  up  the  word.  He 
played  with  the  case  awhile,  tripped  through  the  evidence,  worked  up  funny  contrasts, 
made  ci;ts  at  the  opposite  counsel,  and  thus  freshened  everybody  for  his  grand  go. 
Then,  abruptly  assuming  great  force  and  dignity,  he  came  down  on  the  jury  :  '•  Now, 
gentlemen,  I  will  show  you  to  a  demonstration  what  killed  that  boss;"  and  he  rapidly 
and  clearly  struck  the  true  key  of  the  controversy,  arranged  the  decisive  facts  in  (trder 
as  if  they  were  crystallized,  and  in  a  few  minutes  made  out  his  demonstration.  Every 
difficulty  had  vanished.  The  judge  lost  his  anxious  look.  The  jurymen  hitched 
al)out  in  their  seats  as  if  relieved  of  a  puzzle,  and  the  fate  of  the  case  was  settled. 
The  whole  performance  was  as  perfect  an  achievement  in  its  way  as  an  average 
lifetime  may  witness.  There  was  the  stone-cutter,  whose  monumental  structui-es  in 
the  cemetery,  inscribed  "  Executed  by  D.  Eitter,"  led  a  foreigner  to  remark  how 
many  respectable  citizens  of  New  Haven  had  been  hanged.  He  also  invented  an 
improved  razor-strap,  and  sent  one  to  General  Jackson — then  a  candidate  for  the 
Presidency — and  obtained  and  published  an  acknowledgment  of  the  gift,  wherein  the 
article  was  mentioned  as  "  presented  to  me  in  testimony  of  your  admiration  for  my 
distinguished  services." 


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AITKNIUX. 

Ill  tliose  days  we  did  not  row,  l)nt  we  played  at  base  and  cricket,  and  climhcd  and 
whirled  and  walked  the  rope  in  the  gynmasinni.  To  some  tiie  plaiiiK  and  hills  and 
valleys  of  the  vicinity  were  as  familiar  as  the  way  to  dinner.  8onie  even  cut  wood 
for  exercise,  and  a  dainty  fellow  dignified  this  course  by  decorating  his  axe-helve  with 
a  Greek  motto  from  an  ancient  poet,  to  the  effect  that  it  was  an  honor  to  woi'k  and  a 
shame  to  be  lazy. 

There  were  commons  in  those  days  ;  not  altogether  coni])u]8ory,  and  preferred  by 
many — each  class  sitting  by  itself,  with  a  tutor  on  the  dais,  and  an  abundant  supply  of 
economical  food,  little  beyond  the  style  of  the  ancient  heroes'  diet;  but  a  merry  and 
sociable  company,  which  was  a  growing  pleasure  to  the  last.  Mr.  Hillhouse  once 
proposed  that  Congress  sliould  dine  in  commons :  a  plan  which  might  perhaps  have 
done  something  to  civilize  even  that  hopeless  body. 

A  special  good  word  must  be  said  of  one  of  our  tutors,  a  favorite,  and  hence  known 
by  one  syllable  of  his  long  name — Pet.  One  night  a  student  was  in  a  bad  way.  In  a 
Californian  plirase,  he  was  "  discouraged."  His  friends  could  not  keep  him  from  stalk- 
ing through  the  grass  in  ghostly  attire  and  making  a  great  noise.  This  tutor  came  to 
the  rescue,  and  proposed  going  under  cover ;  but  in  vain.  He  urged  :  "  The  grass  is 
wet,  the  air  chilly;  you  may  take  cold."  The  poor  fellow  lifted  his  foot:  "Not  a 
speck  of  danger,  Pet ;  don't  you  see  I  have  my  boots  on  i "  That  tutor  was  as  bright 
as  he  was  good.     In  the  words  of  his  epitaph,  he  was 

Vir  ingenio  prompto  et  versatili: 
Sodalis  gratiosus:  fidus  amicns. 

The  class  of  1S32  gained  a  sad  distinction,  in  being  the  subject  of  the  last  great 
rebellion,  the  greatest  of  all  college-performances  of  that  sort.  It  made  a  fracture 
throwing  out  nearly  half  the  members,  and  leaving  only  fifty-three  to  receive  their 
degrees;  but  the  personal  bond  of  friendship  survived,  and  neither  fragment  failed  to 
attain  honorable  positions  in  life ;  M'hile  the  graduating  iTiendjers  have  been  among  the 
foremost  advocates  of  the  college  and  contributors  to  its  needed  pecuniary  aid.  It 
would  be  pleasant  to  leave  this  item  of  history  unrecorded ;  but  the  matter  has  its  bear- 
ing on  philosophy  and  the  progress  of  college-rule,  and  to  that  extent  requires  mention. 

Two  students  of  ambitious  natures  were  rivals  for  the  chieftaincy  in  class-influence 
and  the  preference  in  college-grade — one  from  the  North,  cold,  hard  and  arrogant,  the 
other  from  the  South,  venturesome,  crafty  and  popular — neither  of  them  too  good  to 
seek  for  rule  or  ruin.  It  was  in  dog-days,  and  the  long  lessons  in  an  unskilfully  con- 
structed work  on  conic  sections  were  a  strain  on  the  majority,  while  light  to  the  few 

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APPENDIX. 

iiMlur;il  iiiatliematiciaus.  Such  was  tlic  occasion.  Dissatisfaction  led  to  inuttci-in^s ; 
and  then  the  two  rivals  conuueiiced  the  niiscliief,  and  ran  a  race  in  winninff  over 
others  to  disaffection.  The  college-government  became  next  in  fault.  The  alhiir  wajs 
managed  badly.  It  is  not  well  to  fix  the  blame  in  any  particular  quarter :  but  clearly 
the  thin*  might  have  been  dealt  with  like  the  smallpox-panic,  and  with  equal  effect. 
Alas,  it  was  not  so  to  be !  Conic  sections,  over-tasking,  dog-days,  reckless  rivals  and 
official  harshness  combined  to  work  out  the  bad  result.  The  exj^erience  of  that  affair 
did  not  instantly  correct  all  the  errors  which  had  led  to  it ;  for  not  many  months  later 
the  remaining  members  of  the  ('lass  felt  an  encroachment  and  a  grievance,  and  in  full 
assembly  and  with  great  spirit  uttered  their  sentiments.  There  was  an  ugly  prospect 
of  a  fatal  repetition  of  the  prior  scene.  But  as  we  had  our  own  way  the  elements 
subsided,  and  the  class  of  1832  went  on  in  peace  to  the  end,  and  finally  celebrated  its 
Commencement  with  great  eclat,  although  the  Asiatic  cholera  was  tlien  first  raging  in 
New  York  and  the  country  was  in  general  alarm. 

The  college  had  inherited  from  the  jjast  a  monastic  method  of  government  or 
management  not  fully  adapted  to  modern  times ;  and  the  New  England  race  clung  to 
some  of  the  tendencies  which  gained  for  its  ancestors  the  epithet  of  precisians.  The 
young  student  who  picked  up  President  Stiles,  when  he  had  fallen  on  the  ice,  and 
restored  his  hat  and  cane,  forgetting  for  the  moment  his  own  hat  not  doft'ed,  was  fined. 
The  boy's  heart  and  head  were  right,  but  his  hat  was  wrong.  Time  and  growth  and 
expansion  have  modified  those  severities.  The  adventures  of  my  class  did  good.  We 
have  few  precisians  now.  There  is  less  governing  done  and  more  government  accom- 
plished, less  ordering  and  more  order,  a  very  few  who  frown  and  a  great  many  who 
are  happy  and  content. 

Matriculation  was  an  offence  to  the  students,  as  it  required  a  jironiise  to  obey  a 
code  of  rules,  some  of  which  no  one  intended  to  regard.  It  was  usiud  to  smooth  the 
difficulty  by  a  kind  of  argument,  or  disguise  of  thin  logic,  and  ease  it  by  mental 
reservations.  In  the  class  of  1832  the  observance  chanced  to  be  omitted,  as  to  several 
ineniliers,  including  myself,  until  late  in  Senior-year,  and  then  was  imposed  and  suIh 
mitted  to  as  a  condition  of  graduation.  If  some  form  and  dignity  had  been  Ijcstowed 
upon  the  proceeding,  the  affair  might  have  passed  off  as  a  show.  A  recent  graduate 
of  an  American  college,  (m  being  matriculated  in  a  German  university,  found  himself 
enrolled  as  Vir  Pt'cKnohUissimiis  Amerieanus.  After  that  it  was  not  sti-anjie  that 
he  was  familiarly  addi'essed  as  Ilerr  Graf. 


APPENDIX. 

Tlio  class  uf  1832  had  its  fair  proportion  of  wealtli  and  social  rank,  and  Intellectual 
powei',  ami  mora!  earnestness.  It  shared  full}'  in  the  pleasant  things  of  those  days. 
The  drama  had  a  place  in  the  great  societies,  and  no  little  histrionic  resource  was 
developed.  Of  the  draviatis  personoB  in  one  comedy,  a  Catholic  ])rieBt,  an  Irish 
laborer,  and  a  raw  southwestern  girl  in  calico  and  ribbons  who  both  spoke  and  sang, 
were  represented  by  three  students ;  and  if  their  names  were  now  given  there  would 
be  recognized  a  stylish  and  |)ortly  millionaire,  a  lawyer  in  gray  locks  and  a  right 
reverend  and  mitred  bishop.  Should  they  repeat  the  performance  now,  and  in  the 
same  costumes,  it  would  be  higher  comedy. 

In  those  days  free-masonry  and  aiiti-masonry  fought  their  battles;  and  a  grave 
questiim  of  conscience  arose  about  the  promise  of  secrecy  exacted  on  initiation  into  the 
Phi  Beta  Kajjpa  Society.  Harvard  was  for  dissolving  the  secrec}',  and  it  sent  Edward 
Everett  to  the  private  meeting  at  Yale  to  advocate  the  cause.  He  used  a  tender  tone, 
stood  half  drooping  as  he  spoke,  and  touchingly  set  forth  that  the  students  at  Harvard 
had  such  conscientious  scruples  as  to  keep  them  from  taking  the  vow  of  secrecy,  and 
the  society's  life  was  thus  endangered.  There  was  stout  opposition,  but  the  inotion 
prevailed,  and  the  missionary  returned  to  gladden  the  tender  consciences  of  the 
Harvard  boys.  The  seci'et  of  course  was  out.  The  world  did  not  stare  at  the  discov- 
ery ;  and  when  a  few  years  had  passed  the  society  took  back  its  secrecy  aud  revived 
its  grip. 

Nicknames  were  coming  into  vogue  in  those  days.  We  had  two  men  who  rejoiced 
in  the  name  of  Stone.  The  little  one  was  the  Pebble,  and  the  portly  man  was 
Magnum  Saxum.  Two  bore  the  name  of  Wright,  and  as  neither  could  be  wrong 
the  one  who  was  very  tall  and  rigidly  erect  in  figure  was  Recte.  He  came  from 
Wright's  Island — his  father's  property — in  the  Connecticut  River,  a  sjjot  abounding 
in  blackbirds,  and  also  su])ject  to  inundations  from  the  floods,  which  once  actually 
drove  the  family  into  their  garret.     Hence  the  Byronic  stanza  : 

"The  Isle  of  Wright,  the  Isle  of  Wright, 
Where  Recte  rose  and  blackbirds  sang  ; 
Eternal  freshets  drown  it  yet, 
And  all  except  the  garret 's  wet." 

The  love  of  the  old  college  is  a  mystery.     Something  more  than  an  appreciation 

of  utility,  and  more  than  the  force  of  early  association.     It  is  a  sentiment.     The  few 

years  passed  in  active  mental  employment,  in  a  succession  of  discoveries  of  new  ideas, 

in  subjection  to  routine,  in  forming  friendships,  in  common  pureuits  with  many  equals, 

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make  an  iniju'cssion  wliicli  docs  not  fade,  and  f'oi-evor  renders  occanional  ix'turns  to  the 
college-grounds  a  thoughtful  pleasure.  The  old  and  rude  l)nilding  and  appointments 
which  have  served  necessary  uses  are  venerable,  and  loyal  feeling  dignifies  thcin.  As 
they  give  place  to  modern  ai-chitecture  and  improvements  gi-atifying  to  aesthetic  sense, 
the  sentiment  is  transferred  hut  holds  its  power.  Whatever  lietides  an  old  college- 
room,  the  memoi'ies  of  things  that  happened  and  thoughts  that  were  horn  there  long 
ago  haunt  the  spot ;  and  the  man  of  years,  returned  from  far,  renews  the  revei-ie  of 
boyhood,  and  feels  that  while  time's  stream  bears  him  along  he  is  never  out  of  sight 
of  the  starting-point,  and  that  he  belongs  to  a  true  succession  biniling  the  |);ist  :iiid 
the  coming  in  a  golden  chain. 


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